Muted Rust Archive color palette — #FFDDE4 · #FF7F7D · #C05200 · #6E3E00 · #261900

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

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FFDDE4): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Salmon (#FF7F7D): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Terracotta (#C05200): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Bronze (#6E3E00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Onyx (#261900): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Muted Rust Archive 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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