Pale Rust color palette — #F9F2FF · #FFD0DB · #EE837C · #A94615 · #5B371B

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

The five colors

• Ivory (#F9F2FF): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Shell Pink (#FFD0DB): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Salmon (#EE837C): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Terracotta (#A94615): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Cocoa (#5B371B): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Pale 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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