Gentle Rust color palette — #F9E8E7 · #CA3700 · #723700 · #452700 · #291A00

A conversation between Terracotta and Bronze, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#F9E8E7): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Terracotta (#CA3700): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Bronze (#723700): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Espresso (#452700): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Onyx (#291A00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Energy, 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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• Pale Coast color palette (#F3DBDB, #E25742, #954400, #5A3600, #2C2200)
• Linen Bronze color palette (#F5DDE6, #A15700, #005F91, #572C00, #001D30)
• Wandering Mustard Archive color palette (#FFE3ED, #D4B554, #7B8D3D, #733517, #362500)
• Patina Delta color palette (#FFE2CE, #CF8500, #755900, #514400, #323400)
• Feathered Canyon color palette (#FFECDA, #814C00, #005A54, #550884, #1D0D00)
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Browse the whole catalog at Explore, or see today's palette.