Ancient Chestnut Workshop color palette — #FDDBE5 · #BA9253 · #855300 · #4C2700 · #060300

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

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FDDBE5): A whisper-light, dusty rose — the color of pressed rose petals.
• Mustard (#BA9253): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Coffee (#855300): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Espresso (#4C2700): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Ink (#060300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Chestnut Workshop 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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