Faded Rust color palette — #F2D9E6 · #FF7685 · #CC5000 · #755500 · #030100

A conversation between Terracotta and Rose, giving this palette its sense of optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F2D9E6): A whisper-light, dusty rose — the color of a warm blush.
• Rose (#FF7685): A luminous, vivid red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Terracotta (#CC5000): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Coffee (#755500): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Black (#030100): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Optimism, Balance. Tagged candy, vibrant, light.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Faded 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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