Tempered Rust color palette — #E8DAE2 · #C85C25 · #503C16 · #2D1B26 · #110B11

A conversation between Terracotta and Cocoa, giving this palette its sense of optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Silver (#E8DAE2): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Terracotta (#C85C25): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Cocoa (#503C16): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Onyx (#2D1B26): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of a candy shop window.
• Ink (#110B11): a grounded near-black with real depth.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered 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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