Softworn Chestnut color palette — #FFEBD9 · #835000 · #472600 · #1F2822 · #100500

Coffee and Espresso set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Cream (#FFEBD9): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Coffee (#835000): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Espresso (#472600): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Onyx (#1F2822): quiet, heavy and certain.
• Ink (#100500): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged monochrome, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn 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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