Chalky Rust color palette — #F2DAE2 · #C8B577 · #93B556 · #BA5600 · #1E1400

A conversation between Terracotta and Sage, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F2DAE2): A whisper-light, dusty rose — the color of strawberry cream.
• Sand (#C8B577): A luminous, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Sage (#93B556): A luminous, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Terracotta (#BA5600): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Ink (#1E1400): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Balance. Tagged pastel, light.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Chalky 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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