Washed Rust color palette — #FFF2EC · #FFA15A · #C85800 · #882600 · #271300

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

The five colors

• Ivory (#FFF2EC): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Apricot (#FFA15A): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Terracotta (#C85800): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Rust (#882600): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ink (#271300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance, Grounding. Tagged earthy, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Washed 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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• Quiet Brick color palette (#FAD0E8, #E5AA6C, #E46D2F, #C53244, #342700)
• Weathered Station color palette (#DFFFE2, #E8CD89, #B48A3A, #845300, #302700)
• Hushed Cocoa color palette (#FFECDB, #A77D43, #704000, #371800, #020100)
• Worn Corridor color palette (#DDFFE6, #F1BA0E, #6D5500, #271D00, #000200)
• Ancient Grape color palette (#E4FEE3, #C37D00, #892BB4, #7A004E, #0E0200)
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