Faded Rust color palette — #FFF2EC · #EFAB5A · #C95700 · #89222B · #201700

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

The five colors

• Ivory (#FFF2EC): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Cantaloupe (#EFAB5A): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Terracotta (#C95700): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Wine (#89222B): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Ink (#201700): 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 Faded 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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