Gentle Rust color palette — #ECDED0 · #C93207 · #4E4E00 · #2A007B · #150700
A conversation between Terracotta and Royal Purple, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#ECDED0): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Terracotta (#C93207): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of toasted spice.
- Deep Olive (#4E4E00): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Royal Purple (#2A007B): A deep, shadowed, vivid violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Ink (#150700): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Creativity, Energy, Balance. Tagged retro.
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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