Softworn Terracotta color palette — #F4EADC · #A44500 · #433E00 · #051665 · #231200

A conversation between Burnt Sienna and Deep Indigo, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#F4EADC): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Burnt Sienna (#A44500): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Deep Olive (#433E00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Deep Indigo (#051665): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
• Ink (#231200): 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 Softworn Terracotta 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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