Powdered Rust color palette — #FFDFDE · #FF7D6B · #CD5200 · #6E3700 · #321A00

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

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FFDFDE): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Salmon (#FF7D6B): A luminous, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Terracotta (#CD5200): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Bronze (#6E3700): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Onyx (#321A00): 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 Powdered 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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