Dusty Basin color palette — #FCEBE9 · #EE3A03 · #B44300 · #733100 · #270F00

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

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FCEBE9): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Scarlet (#EE3A03): A luminous, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Terracotta (#B44300): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Rust (#733100): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Ink (#270F00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Dusty Basin 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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