Faded Rust color palette — #F4D9D6 · #C15C00 · #685100 · #293600 · #001108

A conversation between Terracotta and Coffee, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F4D9D6): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Terracotta (#C15C00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Coffee (#685100): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Deep Forest (#293600): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Ink (#001108): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, 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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