Soft Rust color palette — #FEF3EB · #EEDAC7 · #D6BA84 · #C54B00 · #512500

A conversation between Terracotta and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Ivory (#FEF3EB): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Bone (#EEDAC7): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Sand (#D6BA84): A luminous, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Terracotta (#C54B00): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Espresso (#512500): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of old brass.

Feels like: Optimism, Balance. Tagged scandi, muted, light.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Soft 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.

Similar palettes

• Timeworn Bronze color palette (#FCF4EA, #E8DDC6, #BCC393, #A06B00, #37322C)
• Terracotta Studio color palette (#FFF2EC, #E6CEB3, #B1A782, #9F2A0C, #542200)
• Hushed Drift color palette (#FDF1F8, #E8D4D1, #B8DAC5, #F4652F, #402B39)
• Muted Archive color palette (#FFF2F0, #F6D6CD, #E7AEA0, #C9327D, #412D2B)
• Patina Bronze color palette (#EEE4D8, #A46900, #433700, #281600, #0F0500)
• Ancient Olive Canyon color palette (#F8EACC, #A8B44F, #4F8A00, #963734, #2D3100)
• Hushed Tangerine Summit color palette (#F7E1BF, #EC6F00, #886B00, #00566A, #3E2100)
• Hushed Field color palette (#EDE4DB, #ADA393, #8C895A, #643900, #110600)

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