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Sunbaked Clay & Terracotta

The palette of sun-baked earth materials — adobe, fired clay, dried grasses, and the warm mineral colors of desert cultures. Coral core vivid provides the warm, fired clay orange that anchors the palette: the exact color of unglazed terracotta at peak sun. Ember tone muted delivers a dusty adobe red — the color of dried mud brick and desert earth. Amber pearl muted provides warm sand and sun-bleached stone. Warm gray bloom provides the bone-white of dry limestone and bleached mineral. Merlot shadow muted adds the deep dried-earth brown for depth and shadow. These five colors together reconstruct the thermal, material warmth of adobe architecture and earthen craft.

Earth and sun: fired clay orange, dusty adobe red, warm sand, sun-bleached bone, dried earth brown. The thermal palette of adobe architecture, earthen craft, and desert cultures.

TerracottaEarthDesertClayAdobe
Why this set works

Earth and sun: fired clay orange, dusty adobe red, warm sand, sun-bleached bone, and the shadow brown of dried earth.

Artisan ceramics and home goods
Desert architecture and interiors
Wellness and natural beauty brand
Prompt words
terracotta clay color paletteearth tones adobe palettedesert clay color scheme
Export ready
1. Coral Core Vivid #D57A20
2. Ember Tone Muted #AB9387
3. Amber Pearl Muted #DEDBCF
4. Warm Gray Bloom #C5C2BE
5. Merlot Shadow Muted #543B3F
--sunbaked-clay-terracotta-1: #D57A20;
--sunbaked-clay-terracotta-2: #AB9387;
--sunbaked-clay-terracotta-3: #DEDBCF;
--sunbaked-clay-terracotta-4: #C5C2BE;
--sunbaked-clay-terracotta-5: #543B3F;

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Dark mode pairs
#D57A20
#E5BA8F
#AB9387
#584941
#DEDBCF
#211F18
#C5C2BE
#33312E
#543B3F
#CDBCBF

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WCAG contrast audit

WCAG contrast ratios for all palette color pairs against white and black text.

#D57A20
3.2:1 AA Large
6.6:1 AA
#AB9387
2.9:1 Fail
7.3:1 AAA
#DEDBCF
1.4:1 Fail
15.1:1 AAA
#C5C2BE
1.8:1 Fail
11.8:1 AAA
#543B3F
10.1:1 AAA
2.1:1 Fail

Color-on-color pairs:

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1.1:1 Fail
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2.3:1 Fail
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1.8:1 Fail
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3.2:1 AA Large
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2.1:1 Fail
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1.6:1 Fail
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3.5:1 AA Large
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1.3:1 Fail
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7.3:1 AAA
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5.7:1 AA

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Palette

Each swatch links back to its individual archive detail page.

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Coral Core Vivid
#D57A20
Orange · hsl(30, 74%, 48%)
2
Ember Tone Muted
#AB9387
Orange · hsl(20, 18%, 60%)
3
Amber Pearl Muted
#DEDBCF
Yellow · hsl(50, 18%, 84%)
4
Warm Gray Bloom
#C5C2BE
Orange · hsl(30, 6%, 76%)
5
Merlot Shadow Muted
#543B3F
Red · hsl(350, 18%, 28%)
Editorial direction

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ScopeOne curated five-color editorial direction.Unlimited access to all collections, broader token coverage, and advanced exports.
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