Velvet Chestnut color palette — #F6E5DE · #8A5300 · #5C2100 · #350008 · #030100

A conversation between Ochre and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#F6E5DE): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ochre (#8A5300): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Espresso (#5C2100): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Ink (#350008): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Black (#030100): a grounded near-black with real depth.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Velvet 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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