Gentle Rust color palette — #FFF2EA · #ECAA80 · #CB5400 · #8B2100 · #271200

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

The five colors

• Ivory (#FFF2EA): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Sand (#ECAA80): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Terracotta (#CB5400): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Rust (#8B2100): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ink (#271200): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

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