Ancient Chestnut color palette — #FCE8D2 · #7B5500 · #2D3A3A · #392100 · #110800
A conversation between Coffee and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of optimism and sophistication.
The five colors
- Parchment (#FCE8D2): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Coffee (#7B5500): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Charcoal (#2D3A3A): a grounded near-black with real depth.
- Espresso (#392100): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Ink (#110800): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged monochrome, 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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