Ancient Chestnut color palette — #F5E4D8 · #AE9263 · #8C5331 · #633437 · #32302A

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#F5E4D8): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Caramel (#AE9263): A luminous, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Coffee (#8C5331): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Cocoa (#633437): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Espresso (#32302A): quiet, heavy and certain.

Feels like: Optimism, 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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