Pale Rust color palette — #FCD6D7 · #F28B78 · #C26014 · #834D00 · #463300

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

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FCD6D7): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Salmon (#F28B78): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Terracotta (#C26014): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Coffee (#834D00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Espresso (#463300): 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 Pale 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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