Gentle Rust color palette — #FFD8D4 · #FC8874 · #D13E00 · #743000 · #2A1000

Terracotta and Salmon set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FFD8D4): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Salmon (#FC8874): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Terracotta (#D13E00): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Rust (#743000): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ink (#2A1000): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Energy, 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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