Quiet Rust color palette — #FFEAE8 · #C74517 · #7C3300 · #492700 · #211D00

Terracotta and Rust set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFEAE8): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Terracotta (#C74517): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Rust (#7C3300): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Espresso (#492700): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Onyx (#211D00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Quiet 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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