Rust Basin color palette — #FFE9DD · #C35D00 · #412300 · #1E261E · #100500

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

The five colors

• Cream (#FFE9DD): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Terracotta (#C35D00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Espresso (#412300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Onyx (#1E261E): a grounded near-black with real depth.
• Ink (#100500): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Rust Basin 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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