Muted Rust color palette — #FFE9DD · #C35C00 · #382900 · #23170D · #15000B

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 (#C35C00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Espresso (#382900): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#23170D): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Ink (#15000B): A deep, shadowed, dusty rose — the color of strawberry cream.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Muted 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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• Aged Terracotta color palette (#FFECDE, #914000, #3A463F, #251E00, #120400)
• Deep Bronze color palette (#D5F9DA, #A17600, #282F00, #000B02, #040002)
• Hazy Amber color palette (#EBDBE3, #E36900, #675914, #4A283B, #0E030F)
• Antique Apricot color palette (#FFF1F6, #EA994E, #445B4D, #32282C, #120E11)
• Soft Marigold Lagoon color palette (#FFDFD3, #F69612, #A47400, #584D00, #242900)
• Twilit Fern color palette (#DBEDE6, #5C6700, #262830, #001808, #000201)
• Muted Drift color palette (#FFF5D8, #CDA72A, #3C6DEB, #9537C1, #191100)

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