Pale Rust color palette — #D2E9D0 · #BA453E · #783400 · #273000 · #1C0200

A conversation between Brick and Rust, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Celadon Mist (#D2E9D0): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Brick (#BA453E): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Rust (#783400): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Deep Forest (#273000): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Ink (#1C0200): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged retro, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Pale 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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