Gentle Ember color palette — #FFE0E5 · #FF8C8E · #DC5E00 · #784500 · #362400

A conversation between Pumpkin and Salmon, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFE0E5): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Salmon (#FF8C8E): A luminous, balanced red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Pumpkin (#DC5E00): A luminous, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Bronze (#784500): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Espresso (#362400): 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 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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