Gentle Rust color palette — #E9DAE4 · #EE8B6A · #A47B00 · #CA4000 · #050300
A conversation between Terracotta and Salmon, giving this palette its sense of optimism and balance.
The five colors
- Silver (#E9DAE4): A whisper-light, dusty pink — the color of a candy shop window.
- Salmon (#EE8B6A): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
- Ochre (#A47B00): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Terracotta (#CA4000): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of toasted spice.
- Ink (#050300): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
Feels like: Optimism, Balance. Tagged duotone.
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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