Tempered Rust Basin color palette — #FFF2EC · #FFA15B · #C85702 · #892601 · #271200
A conversation between Terracotta and Apricot, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.
The five colors
- Ivory (#FFF2EC): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Apricot (#FFA15B): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Terracotta (#C85702): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
- Rust (#892601): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
- Ink (#271200): 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 Tempered Rust Basin 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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