Gentle Rust Alley color palette — #FFEAE8 · #E47762 · #BB3700 · #7C2F00 · #532E13

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

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFEAE8): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Coral Clay (#E47762): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Terracotta (#BB3700): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Rust (#7C2F00): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Espresso (#532E13): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Gentle Rust Alley 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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