Midnight Rust color palette — #F5DDD4 · #AF4900 · #623000 · #230F00 · #020100

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

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F5DDD4): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Terracotta (#AF4900): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Bronze (#623000): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#230F00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Black (#020100): quiet, heavy and certain.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged dark, muted, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Midnight 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

• Bronze Orchard color palette (#FFEAD0, #876000, #4A3600, #181200, #010100)
• Rust Hollow color palette (#F0DDDD, #C54931, #924300, #563300, #090600)
• Plum Canyon color palette (#F9E2E5, #C3354A, #700010, #2B0100, #040000)
• Bronze Pier color palette (#FFE0EB, #995900, #006543, #412300, #000201)
• Antique Amber color palette (#F4E7D0, #BD9500, #7C6900, #3A3600, #080800)
• Garnet Villa color palette (#EEE1D3, #784800, #2B5200, #60002D, #020100)
• Softworn Moss color palette (#E9DDCE, #DABA72, #958E27, #6A3A00, #020100)
• Chalky Villa color palette (#FFE5D0, #F19A0B, #A06E00, #634600, #271E00)

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