Tempered Chestnut color palette — #FFE9CF · #CF9F59 · #8A5B00 · #472B00 · #120800

A conversation between Ochre and Camel, giving this palette its sense of optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Parchment (#FFE9CF): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Camel (#CF9F59): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ochre (#8A5B00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Espresso (#472B00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#120800): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered 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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