Chalky Rust color palette — #EFE2EA · #C37E23 · #BB3E00 · #7F2943 · #000F06
Built around Terracotta, softened by Mustard — the whole palette hums with optimism and warmth.
The five colors
- Rose Water (#EFE2EA): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Mustard (#C37E23): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Terracotta (#BB3E00): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
- Wine (#7F2943): A full-bodied, balanced red — the color of a theater curtain.
- Ink (#000F06): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance, Grounding. Tagged earthy, warm.
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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