Terracotta Study color palette — #FFD8CF · #A61F00 · #2D1900 · #071614 · #170100

A conversation between Burnt Sienna and Onyx, giving this palette its sense of warmth and comfort.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FFD8CF): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Burnt Sienna (#A61F00): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Onyx (#2D1900): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#071614): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Ink (#170100): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.

Feels like: Warmth, Comfort, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Terracotta Study 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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