Pale Rust color palette — #FFE6E5 · #EA7F6B · #BD4704 · #743700 · #3A1E00

Built around Terracotta, softened by Salmon — the whole palette hums with optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFE6E5): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Salmon (#EA7F6B): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Terracotta (#BD4704): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Bronze (#743700): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Espresso (#3A1E00): 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 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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