Ancient Chestnut color palette — #FFF4E2 · #DAC59C · #A1864B · #774F05 · #2B2001

Built around Coffee, softened by Caramel — the whole palette hums with optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Cream (#FFF4E2): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Sand (#DAC59C): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Caramel (#A1864B): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Coffee (#774F05): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Onyx (#2B2001): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

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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