Gentle Rust color palette — #FFEDE9 · #FA8D78 · #C13906 · #6B1B00 · #220500

A conversation between Terracotta and Salmon, giving this palette its sense of warmth and comfort.

The five colors

• Cream (#FFEDE9): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Salmon (#FA8D78): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Terracotta (#C13906): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Rust (#6B1B00): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ink (#220500): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.

Feels like: Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged monochrome, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Gentle 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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