Chalky Coast color palette — #FFE9DA · #A1733B · #863800 · #5C0C15 · #100A00

Built around Rust, softened by Espresso — the whole palette hums with optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Cream (#FFE9DA): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Walnut (#A1733B): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Rust (#863800): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Espresso (#5C0C15): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ink (#100A00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Chalky Coast 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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