Quiet Rust color palette — #FFF2E9 · #FAA641 · #C25E00 · #852A16 · #221600

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

The five colors

• Ivory (#FFF2E9): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Apricot (#FAA641): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Terracotta (#C25E00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Rust (#852A16): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Ink (#221600): 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 Quiet 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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