Gentle Rust color palette — #DEFFE5 · #E8799D · #B34002 · #004B3A · #2B0007

Terracotta and Rose set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Honeydew (#DEFFE5): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Rose (#E8799D): A luminous, balanced red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Terracotta (#B34002): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Forest (#004B3A): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Ink (#2B0007): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.

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