Tempered Rust color palette — #FDDEE6 · #E37281 · #BF3E00 · #863D00 · #432A00

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

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FDDEE6): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Watermelon (#E37281): A luminous, balanced red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Terracotta (#BF3E00): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Bronze (#863D00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Espresso (#432A00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

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

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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