Faded Rust color palette — #C9E8CA · #C6443F · #574E00 · #201F80 · #3A1A02

Built around Brick, softened by Indigo — the whole palette hums with nature and growth.

The five colors

• Celadon Mist (#C9E8CA): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Brick (#C6443F): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Deep Olive (#574E00): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Indigo (#201F80): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Espresso (#3A1A02): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged retro.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Faded 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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