Gentle Terracotta color palette — #F9E0DE · #CD6854 · #983300 · #501E00 · #270F00

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

The five colors

• Rose Water (#F9E0DE): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Coral Clay (#CD6854): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Burnt Sienna (#983300): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Espresso (#501E00): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ink (#270F00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Gentle Terracotta 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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