Gentle Rust color palette — #FFE4DC · #F88B60 · #BF5600 · #743A00 · #2A1500

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

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFE4DC): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Salmon (#F88B60): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Terracotta (#BF5600): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Bronze (#743A00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#2A1500): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

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