Gentle Apricot color palette — #FCE5D3 · #FF8743 · #C55D00 · #784200 · #160400

A conversation between Apricot and Terracotta, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#FCE5D3): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Apricot (#FF8743): A luminous, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Terracotta (#C55D00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Bronze (#784200): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Ink (#160400): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Gentle Apricot 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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