Gentle Rust color palette — #FAE2DA · #C15C00 · #794300 · #452B00 · #1D1500

Built around Terracotta, softened by Bronze — the whole palette hums with optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FAE2DA): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Terracotta (#C15C00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Bronze (#794300): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Espresso (#452B00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#1D1500): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.

Feels like: Optimism, 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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