Muted Rust color palette — #FCD9DD · #CA3F00 · #5C3000 · #221500 · #010100

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

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FCD9DD): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Terracotta (#CA3F00): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Cocoa (#5C3000): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#221500): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Black (#010100): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Optimism, Balance. Tagged 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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