Chalky Rust color palette — #FCE0E0 · #FD6458 · #C82B00 · #702500 · #3B1400

A conversation between Brick and Watermelon, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FCE0E0): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Watermelon (#FD6458): A luminous, vivid orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Brick (#C82B00): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Rust (#702500): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Espresso (#3B1400): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Chalky 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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