Washed Rust color palette — #F9DBE2 · #E8645B · #CC5100 · #854500 · #2C1B00

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

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F9DBE2): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Coral Clay (#E8645B): A luminous, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Terracotta (#CC5100): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Bronze (#854500): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Onyx (#2C1B00): 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 Washed 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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