Shadow Chestnut Archive color palette — #EAE0D3 · #6E5608 · #3B2800 · #1B0D00 · #050300

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#EAE0D3): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Coffee (#6E5608): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Espresso (#3B2800): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#1B0D00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Ink (#050300): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Shadow Chestnut Archive 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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