Tempered Rust color palette — #FFDDDC · #FF9579 · #CD5700 · #673500 · #301C00

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

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FFDDDC): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Melon (#FF9579): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Terracotta (#CD5700): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Bronze (#673500): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Onyx (#301C00): 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 Tempered 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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