Rust Study color palette — #F4D9E3 · #BA5B6A · #78423A · #453800 · #252800

A conversation between Brick and Coffee, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F4D9E3): A whisper-light, dusty rose — the color of a warm blush.
• Brick (#BA5B6A): A full-bodied, balanced red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Coffee (#78423A): A full-bodied, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Deep Olive (#453800): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Onyx (#252800): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Balance. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Rust 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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