Softworn Terracotta color palette — #EED9DC · #C97769 · #A24800 · #5B3500 · #261A00

A conversation between Burnt Sienna and Coral Clay, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#EED9DC): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Coral Clay (#C97769): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Burnt Sienna (#A24800): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Cocoa (#5B3500): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Onyx (#261A00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

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

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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