Desert Color Palette

Updated April 17, 2026

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

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.

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.