Gentle Rust color palette — #FFD1DE · #F68371 · #CC5900 · #704500 · #282100

A conversation between Terracotta and Salmon, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FFD1DE): A whisper-light, dusty rose — the color of pressed rose petals.
• Salmon (#F68371): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Terracotta (#CC5900): A luminous, vivid orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Bronze (#704500): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Onyx (#282100): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, 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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