Gentle Rust color palette — #FFE7E7 · #FF9186 · #D24E34 · #812800 · #2E0E00

Built around Terracotta, softened by Melon — the whole palette hums with warmth and comfort.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFE7E7): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Melon (#FF9186): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Terracotta (#D24E34): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Rust (#812800): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Ink (#2E0E00): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.

Feels like: 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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