Chalky Rust color palette — #F4E4CB · #C85D00 · #6C5500 · #003F4E · #241100

Built around Terracotta, softened by Coffee — the whole palette hums with nature and growth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#F4E4CB): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Terracotta (#C85D00): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Coffee (#6C5500): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Deep Teal (#003F4E): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Ink (#241100): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, Optimism, Balance. Tagged retro.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Chalky 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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