Rust Alley color palette — #F8E3DC · #C55F00 · #724500 · #402B00 · #161000

Terracotta and Bronze set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#F8E3DC): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Terracotta (#C55F00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Bronze (#724500): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Espresso (#402B00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Ink (#161000): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.

Feels like: Optimism, Balance. Tagged muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Rust Alley 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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