Rust Quarry color palette — #FFE9EA · #FF9484 · #CB4B00 · #7E3D00 · #331C00

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

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFE9EA): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Melon (#FF9484): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Terracotta (#CB4B00): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Bronze (#7E3D00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Onyx (#331C00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Rust Quarry 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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