Ancient Chestnut color palette — #F8E2C2 · #B2974F · #7D5800 · #472B00 · #050400

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#F8E2C2): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Mustard (#B2974F): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Coffee (#7D5800): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Espresso (#472B00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#050400): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.

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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