Gentle Rust color palette — #FFE1E6 · #F2827B · #AA4800 · #6A3F00 · #4A3400

Built around Terracotta, softened by Salmon — the whole palette hums with optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFE1E6): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Salmon (#F2827B): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Terracotta (#AA4800): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Bronze (#6A3F00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Espresso (#4A3400): 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 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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