Gentle Ember color palette — #FFD3C5 · #FE9D43 · #E36C46 · #B14A5C · #372500

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

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FFD3C5): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Apricot (#FE9D43): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Coral Clay (#E36C46): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Brick (#B14A5C): A full-bodied, balanced red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Espresso (#372500): 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 Ember 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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