Muted Rust color palette — #FFDDCC · #F48C5B · #BA5300 · #702B00 · #2F0D00

A conversation between Terracotta and Apricot, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FFDDCC): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Apricot (#F48C5B): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Terracotta (#BA5300): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Rust (#702B00): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Ink (#2F0D00): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Muted 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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