Gentle Rust color palette — #FFEADC · #E88E60 · #00A8BC · #B54F05 · #003D46

A conversation between Terracotta and Apricot, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Cream (#FFEADC): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Apricot (#E88E60): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Cyan (#00A8BC): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Terracotta (#B54F05): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Deep Teal (#003D46): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, 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.

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