Muted Rust color palette — #FFE3DF · #BD4400 · #662E00 · #221000 · #020100
Terracotta and Rust set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and warmth.
The five colors
- Rose Water (#FFE3DF): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
- Terracotta (#BD4400): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
- Rust (#662E00): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Ink (#221000): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Black (#020100): quiet, heavy and certain.
Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged muted, warm.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Muted 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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