Gentle Rust color palette — #EFDDC7 · #C44E00 · #455300 · #201F66 · #001301

Terracotta and Deep Indigo set the tone — five colors that lean into nature and growth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#EFDDC7): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Terracotta (#C44E00): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Deep Olive (#455300): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Deep Indigo (#201F66): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
• Ink (#001301): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Creativity, 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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