Soft Rust color palette — #FFF2EA · #EAAC71 · #C65A00 · #8B2113 · #231500

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

The five colors

• Ivory (#FFF2EA): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Sand (#EAAC71): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Terracotta (#C65A00): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Rust (#8B2113): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Ink (#231500): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Soft 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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