Quiet Rust color palette — #FFE9E9 · #FF998D · #CE4900 · #853E00 · #3E2200
A conversation between Terracotta and Melon, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.
The five colors
- Rose Water (#FFE9E9): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
- Melon (#FF998D): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
- Terracotta (#CE4900): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
- Bronze (#853E00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Espresso (#3E2200): 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 Quiet 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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