Pale Dune color palette — #FFE2ED · #BE2B48 · #811A00 · #491900 · #110700

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

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFE2ED): A whisper-light, dusty rose — the color of strawberry cream.
• Ruby (#BE2B48): A full-bodied, vivid red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Rust (#811A00): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Espresso (#491900): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ink (#110700): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Pale Dune 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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