Gentle Quarry color palette — #F8DAC7 · #9F610A · #712B00 · #48000E · #080500

A conversation between Ochre and Rust, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F8DAC7): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ochre (#9F610A): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Rust (#712B00): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Espresso (#48000E): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Ink (#080500): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance, Grounding. Tagged earthy, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Gentle Quarry 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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