Tempered Rust color palette — #F9D9C6 · #BF4300 · #005950 · #003338 · #17002B

Built around Terracotta, softened by Ink — the whole palette hums with optimism and creativity.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F9D9C6): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Terracotta (#BF4300): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Peacock (#005950): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Deep Forest (#003338): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Ink (#17002B): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.

Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered 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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