Sunlit Rust color palette — #FFDCD9 · #FB876A · #C95900 · #6B3C00 · #2D1B00

A conversation between Terracotta and Salmon, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FFDCD9): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Salmon (#FB876A): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Terracotta (#C95900): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Bronze (#6B3C00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Onyx (#2D1B00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Sunlit 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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