Quiet Rust color palette — #FFF2EB · #FFA250 · #C35D00 · #842D00 · #261300

Terracotta and Apricot set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Ivory (#FFF2EB): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Apricot (#FFA250): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Terracotta (#C35D00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Rust (#842D00): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ink (#261300): 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 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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