Powdered Rust color palette — #FAD6CA · #C85600 · #7C3C00 · #412100 · #030100

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

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FAD6CA): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Terracotta (#C85600): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Bronze (#7C3C00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Espresso (#412100): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Black (#030100): a grounded near-black with real depth.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Powdered 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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