Ancient Chestnut color palette — #F8E1CB · #C18E56 · #8D4D00 · #522200 · #070300

Burnt Sienna and Mustard set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#F8E1CB): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Mustard (#C18E56): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Burnt Sienna (#8D4D00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Espresso (#522200): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Ink (#070300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance, 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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