Rust Basin color palette — #FDEAE0 · #CB4B0B · #4C3800 · #4E1600 · #020100
A conversation between Terracotta and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of optimism and balance.
The five colors
- Cream (#FDEAE0): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
- Terracotta (#CB4B0B): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
- Deep Olive (#4C3800): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Espresso (#4E1600): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
- Black (#020100): quiet, heavy and certain.
Feels like: Optimism, Balance. Tagged duotone.
Use it as a design system
One click turns 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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