Washed Rust color palette — #EFDFC1 · #B44F00 · #5D4700 · #00313C · #150800

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#EFDFC1): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Terracotta (#B44F00): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Bronze (#5D4700): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Deep Forest (#00313C): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Ink (#150800): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Optimism, Balance. Tagged retro, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Washed 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

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• Hushed Chestnut Garden color palette (#F5D5E4, #9B4E00, #1F5300, #002C37, #0D001D)
• Mulberry Corridor color palette (#DEEFE0, #A50038, #3C2E00, #030058, #1A0400)
• Timeworn Bronze Drift color palette (#F9EAE1, #9F7B25, #5B652C, #004867, #131C46)
• Washed Coral color palette (#EBD9E0, #FF7869, #C66D00, #757300, #160B00)
• Softworn Basin color palette (#F7EDD8, #F32A5A, #7F6400, #0D31B5, #1A0400)

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