Rust Delta color palette — #FFEAD9 · #EABF89 · #E48B3F · #C9582D · #443300

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

The five colors

• Cream (#FFEAD9): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Sand (#EABF89): A whisper-light, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Apricot (#E48B3F): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Terracotta (#C9582D): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Espresso (#443300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Rust Delta 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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