Chalky Terracotta color palette — #FEF3EC · #FF9E7C · #966F00 · #AA3700 · #020100

A conversation between Burnt Sienna and Melon, giving this palette its sense of optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Ivory (#FEF3EC): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Melon (#FF9E7C): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Ochre (#966F00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Burnt Sienna (#AA3700): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Black (#020100): quiet, heavy and certain.

Feels like: Optimism, Balance. Tagged duotone.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Chalky 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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