Softworn Rust color palette — #FAE7E2 · #B25161 · #512100 · #23100B · #0A0505

Brick and Espresso set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FAE7E2): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Brick (#B25161): A full-bodied, balanced red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Espresso (#512100): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Ink (#23100B): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Ink (#0A0505): quiet, heavy and certain.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn 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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