Faded Rust color palette — #FFE5E0 · #F97F60 · #B94900 · #7C3600 · #473700

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

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFE5E0): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Salmon (#F97F60): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Terracotta (#B94900): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Rust (#7C3600): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Deep Olive (#473700): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Faded 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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