Muted Rust color palette — #F2DDE2 · #E86571 · #BE3900 · #6C3600 · #352100

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

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F2DDE2): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Watermelon (#E86571): A luminous, vivid red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Terracotta (#BE3900): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Bronze (#6C3600): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Espresso (#352100): 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 Muted 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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