Gentle Ember color palette — #FCE2E1 · #E35A2D · #8D4600 · #3E2700 · #161000

A conversation between Pumpkin and Burnt Sienna, giving this palette its sense of optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FCE2E1): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Pumpkin (#E35A2D): A luminous, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Burnt Sienna (#8D4600): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Espresso (#3E2700): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Ink (#161000): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.

Feels like: Optimism, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Gentle Ember 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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