Faded Rust color palette — #FFE6EC · #C4574D · #8B4C00 · #4A3700 · #040500

A conversation between Terracotta and Burnt Sienna, giving this palette its sense of optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFE6EC): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Terracotta (#C4574D): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Burnt Sienna (#8B4C00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Deep Olive (#4A3700): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#040500): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.

Feels like: Optimism, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Faded 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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