Wandering Rust color palette — #EFE4D4 · #BE5800 · #605D00 · #1E2F83 · #070300

Terracotta and Indigo set the tone — five colors that lean into nature and growth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#EFE4D4): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Terracotta (#BE5800): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Olive (#605D00): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Indigo (#1E2F83): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
• Ink (#070300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Wandering 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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