Tempered Rust color palette — #F2DED1 · #BD5200 · #00484E · #532000 · #000501

Terracotta and Espresso set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Parchment (#F2DED1): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Terracotta (#BD5200): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Deep Teal (#00484E): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Espresso (#532000): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ink (#000501): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Balance. Tagged duotone, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered 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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