Gentle Rust color palette — #FAE4D5 · #AC4800 · #005F8A · #5B2300 · #000912

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#FAE4D5): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Terracotta (#AC4800): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Peacock (#005F8A): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Espresso (#5B2300): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ink (#000912): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.

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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