Gentle Rust color palette — #F1E6D8 · #D44C00 · #784300 · #1B3A00 · #220A00

Built around Terracotta, softened by Bronze — the whole palette hums with nature and growth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#F1E6D8): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Terracotta (#D44C00): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Bronze (#784300): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Forest (#1B3A00): A deep, shadowed, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Ink (#220A00): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, 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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