Terracotta Study color palette — #F9D8CE · #A02C00 · #005262 · #4E1100 · #000305

A conversation between Burnt Sienna and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F9D8CE): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Burnt Sienna (#A02C00): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Peacock (#005262): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Espresso (#4E1100): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Ink (#000305): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Terracotta Study 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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