Ancient Chestnut color palette — #FFF2EA · #E8BDA1 · #B47A5D · #814533 · #331B00

A conversation between Coffee and Caramel, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Ivory (#FFF2EA): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Sand (#E8BDA1): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Caramel (#B47A5D): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Coffee (#814533): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Onyx (#331B00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Sophistication, Grounding. Tagged earthy, warm, 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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