Gentle Rust color palette — #FFF0F9 · #FFB293 · #00C6CB · #CE5109 · #003638

Terracotta and Aqua set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Ivory (#FFF0F9): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Melon (#FFB293): A whisper-light, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Aqua (#00C6CB): A luminous, balanced teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Terracotta (#CE5109): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Deep Forest (#003638): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.

Feels like: Optimism, 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.

Similar palettes

• Rust Garden color palette (#FFF0F9, #FFA581, #55B0F6, #B55429, #002A47)
• Raspberry Summit color palette (#F9F2FF, #FFA8D5, #00C8C2, #C64691, #003635)
• Gentle Parlor color palette (#E9FBEA, #FFCB73, #89C0FA, #AC8237, #1C3A59)
• Sunlit Brick Orchard color palette (#FFF0FA, #FF7F5D, #00A0D0, #AE3005, #001B27)
• Muted Brick Thicket color palette (#FFF2ED, #E16A63, #008CB0, #AF001A, #004154)
• Powdered Studio color palette (#FFF2ED, #FFACA4, #B5A9FF, #FF504F, #3C2878)
• Pale Cerulean Courtyard color palette (#FFF2EF, #FFA692, #009BC1, #4076B6, #3C120A)
• Worn Ember color palette (#FFF2EC, #FFD1B8, #E26700, #8A2800, #330900)

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