Washed Rust color palette — #F9D4D4 · #CD4A1C · #753600 · #341F00 · #020100

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

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F9D4D4): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Terracotta (#CD4A1C): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Bronze (#753600): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Espresso (#341F00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Black (#020100): quiet, heavy and certain.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Washed 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.

Similar palettes

• Antique Chapel color palette (#FFDCCD, #B77600, #604A00, #312B00, #040600)
• Terracotta Alley color palette (#FFE3D8, #9C4500, #572900, #281300, #080300)
• Dusty Ember Alley color palette (#F6DDD4, #D65C00, #A15000, #6A3A00, #1F0F00)
• Tempered Mulberry Boulevard color palette (#FFE7F3, #C74676, #9E002A, #3A0F00, #050100)
• Worn Bronze color palette (#E1F7DF, #AC6F00, #00738D, #543400, #000102)
• Sunlit Lagoon color palette (#FFF0EE, #FF9E74, #B36E00, #624800, #262300)
• Hazy Station color palette (#FFEBF1, #DEC67A, #6DBF52, #921900, #070300)
• Muted Nightshade color palette (#D3E8D7, #826100, #006472, #2700C2, #020100)

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