Rust Basin color palette — #FFDCE5 · #F66576 · #CA3A00 · #6D3400 · #372400

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

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FFDCE5): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Watermelon (#F66576): A luminous, vivid red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Terracotta (#CA3A00): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Bronze (#6D3400): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Espresso (#372400): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

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

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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