Desert Color Palette

Updated June 10, 2026

A warm desert color palette — sand, terracotta, clay, and dusty blue. Hex codes for southwestern, boho, and earthy designs.

A desert color palette captures Bleached Sand, Desert Dust, Terracotta, and 3 more coordinated tones — ready-to-copy hex codes for web design, branding, UI themes, and creative projects.

The Desert Palette

• Bleached Sand #FEF3C7 rgb(254, 243, 199) hsl(48, 96%, 89%)
• Desert Dust #FDBA74 rgb(253, 186, 116) hsl(31, 97%, 72%)
• Terracotta #EA580C rgb(234, 88, 12) hsl(21, 90%, 48%)
• Rust Clay #9A3412 rgb(154, 52, 18) hsl(15, 79%, 34%)
• Canyon #78350F rgb(120, 53, 15) hsl(22, 78%, 26%)
• Dusty Sage #64748B rgb(100, 116, 139) hsl(215, 16%, 47%)

Hex Codes at a Glance

#FEF3C7, #FDBA74, #EA580C, #9A3412, #78350F, #64748B

How to Use This Palette

• In CSS: Paste each hex into your :root custom properties or directly into background-color / color declarations.
• In Figma or Sketch: Copy the hex into any fill or stroke color field. Save each color to your local style library for reuse across frames.
• In Tailwind CSS: Add each hex to your tailwind.config.js file inside theme.extend.colors, then use classes like bg-palette-500.
• In Procreate or Photoshop: Create a new swatch set and paste each hex value. PhotoTones Pro exports ready-to-import .swatches and .ase files, plus brand kit ZIPs with design tokens and Figma JSON.

Build Your Own Palette

This desert palette is one of many themed palettes in the PhotoTones gallery. To build a palette from your own photo, use the free PhotoTones color palette from image generator — it extracts up to 12 hex codes per image in under a second, entirely in your browser. No signup required.

Related Palettes

• Tuscany Color Palette
• Terracotta Color Palette
• Golden Hour Color Palette

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