Ancient Chestnut color palette — #EFFAE3 · #489B7A · #7571B8 · #9E502A · #363933

Ochre takes the lead with Slate close behind in a set that reads as optimism and creativity at first glance.

The five colors

• Cream (#EFFAE3): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Fern (#489B7A): A luminous, balanced teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Slate (#7571B8): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Ochre (#9E502A): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Charcoal (#363933): quiet, heavy and certain.

Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Chestnut 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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