Chestnut Basin color palette — #FDE7CE · #815800 · #4E2E00 · #281100 · #030100

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#FDE7CE): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Coffee (#815800): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Espresso (#4E2E00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Ink (#281100): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• 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 Chestnut Basin 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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