Dusty terracotta

Where it sits

Soft Autumn palette

Dusty terracotta is an anchor color in Soft Autumn. The nearest color on the same side of the warm–cool line is Clear salmon #F79C82, a Light Spring color, at a distance of 17: close enough to mistake for it on a hanger, far enough to tell apart on a person.

At RGB 192, 130, 104 the red leads, the green is in the middle and the blue is not far below it. The green and blue sitting close together is the grey. The red leading is the warmth. It is the color of an unglazed pot left in the sun. Clear the grey and lighten it and it becomes Light Spring's clear salmon; deepen it and it becomes Dark Autumn's terracotta.

A Soft Autumn wears it at the face: a knit, a blouse, a dress, a scarf. It warms the skin the way a blusher does, without the weight of rust. It works with oyster, warm beige and soft chocolate, and it pairs well with sage green and muted teal.

Retail calls it clay, canyon, terracotta, adobe and dusty coral. Frank & Eileen's Canyon and Clay and Marine Layer's Clay have landed on it. Clay is the most reliable name. The version to avoid is the bright burnt orange, which belongs to True Autumn and overpowers soft coloring.

Easily confused with

The nearest color is Soft Autumn's own soft rust at ten points, deeper and browner. Its warm dusty rose is sixteen points off and pinker. Light Spring's clear salmon is seventeen points away: the same hue, clear and lighter. Dark Autumn's terracotta is eighteen points off and noticeably deeper and more saturated. Nothing in another palette comes within sixteen points, so this color is Soft Autumn's own. A True Autumn can wear it, though it reads pale on her.

The nearest named colors in other seasons, by perceptual distance (ΔE in CIELAB; under 10 is hard to tell apart on a screen, over 25 is a different color).

In stock in this color today

As of November 11, 2026, 12 in-stock pieces across Boden, Marine Layer, STAUD and Frank & Eileen sample within a close match of #C08268. The dot on each card is the color we sampled from the garment itself; trust it over the photograph. Links are affiliate links: we earn a commission when you buy through them, at no cost to you.

Stephanie Wool Coat

Camel

$248 at Marine Layer

Blakely Dress

Cigar

$228 at STAUD

Elsie Cashmere V Neck Sweater

Warm Ginger

$170 at Boden

Suede Panelled Midi Skirt

Tan

$460 at Boden

Borg Trim Cotton Vest

Sand

$199 at Boden

Limerick 26.5"

Canyon

$328 at Frank & Eileen

Monay Bodysuit

Cigar

$207 at STAUD

Sloane Boucle Crop Jacket

Teddy

$158 at Marine Layer

Nina Wool Cape Coat

Camel

$205 at Marine Layer

Tie Milano Jacket

Camel

$220 at Boden

Marta Merino Wool T-shirt

Cappuccino

$149 at Boden

Allison Corduroy Trouser

Cocoa Brown

$88 at Marine Layer

What it's sold as

Retailers almost never use the palette name. These are the color names on the in-stock pieces that sample within a close match of #C08268 today, so they are the words to search for.

Boden

Warm Ginger, Tan, Sand, Camel, Cappuccino

Marine Layer

Camel, Teddy, Cocoa Brown

STAUD

Cigar

Frank & Eileen

Canyon

A retailer's name for a color says nothing about its undertone. "Navy" at one shop is a True Winter color and at another a Spring one. The sampled dot on each card above is what we trust.

Questions

The Soft Autumn guide · All in-stock Soft Autumn pieces · ← Sage green · Warm taupe → · All colors