Gentle Rust color palette — #F7F3FF · #FFC1D2 · #E3807E · #AE4E1E · #53310E

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

The five colors

• Ivory (#F7F3FF): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Shell Pink (#FFC1D2): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Watermelon (#E3807E): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Terracotta (#AE4E1E): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Espresso (#53310E): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

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