Pale Rust color palette — #FFE5E3 · #FB7359 · #C03B00 · #722D00 · #3A1600

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

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFE5E3): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Salmon (#FB7359): A luminous, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Terracotta (#C03B00): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Rust (#722D00): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Espresso (#3A1600): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Pale 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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