Pale Quarry color palette — #F9D8E3 · #B9535F · #872400 · #2F2E00 · #240002

A conversation between Rust and Brick, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F9D8E3): A whisper-light, dusty rose — the color of a warm blush.
• Brick (#B9535F): A full-bodied, balanced red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Rust (#872400): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Espresso (#2F2E00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Ink (#240002): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged retro, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Pale Quarry 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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