Rust Basin color palette — #FCD8D8 · #D53F00 · #7D3C00 · #342100 · #020100

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

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FCD8D8): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Terracotta (#D53F00): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Bronze (#7D3C00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Espresso (#342100): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Black (#020100): quiet, heavy and certain.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Rust Basin 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.

Similar palettes

• Softworn Basin color palette (#FFDFCF, #BC7100, #675200, #282500, #040600)
• Aged Rust color palette (#EEDAD6, #AF4400, #633100, #351C00, #170D00)
• Faded Veranda color palette (#F9DCE3, #F04333, #A45600, #684400, #151400)
• Gentle Amber Atelier color palette (#FFECDB, #C8731E, #005D9C, #5B2F00, #000104)
• Raspberry Basin color palette (#F6D5E3, #EB0374, #91001D, #4A1600, #070200)
• Inked Bronze Chapel color palette (#F2DACD, #996200, #4A3B00, #171400, #010100)
• Washed Blush Grove color palette (#E3F1FB, #FF7089, #B45700, #0F0B04, #030100)
• Hushed Drift color palette (#FFDDD9, #FF945D, #B57100, #644B00, #262500)

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