Tempered Terracotta color palette — #FAE5E0 · #C97700 · #A12B05 · #620F32 · #181100

A conversation between Burnt Sienna and Mustard, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FAE5E0): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Mustard (#C97700): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Burnt Sienna (#A12B05): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Mulberry (#620F32): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Ink (#181100): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered Terracotta 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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