Pale Rust color palette — #FFF2EC · #FFA97D · #CA5200 · #5E2500 · #080100

Built around Terracotta, softened by Melon — the whole palette hums with optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Ivory (#FFF2EC): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Melon (#FFA97D): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Terracotta (#CA5200): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Espresso (#5E2500): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Ink (#080100): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged monochrome, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Pale Rust into a complete token system: semantic roles from primary to success, an 11-stop OKLCH scale per role, a WCAG AA/AAA and APCA contrast matrix, an auto-derived dark mode and 11 export formats including CSS custom properties, Tailwind, Figma Variables and shadcn/ui.

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