Moonless Chestnut color palette — #EFDDCB · #7A5C00 · #502C00 · #300900 · #020200

A conversation between Olive and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Parchment (#EFDDCB): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Olive (#7A5C00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Espresso (#502C00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#300900): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Black (#020200): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury, Grounding. Tagged earthy, warm, dark, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Moonless 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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