Soft Rust color palette — #FAEAD8 · #C53A00 · #703B00 · #1D3300 · #190500

A conversation between Terracotta and Bronze, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#FAEAD8): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Terracotta (#C53A00): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Bronze (#703B00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Deep Forest (#1D3300): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Ink (#190500): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.

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

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.

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