Velvet Chestnut color palette — #FAE6D8 · #8B5200 · #582500 · #340300 · #030100

Ochre and Espresso set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#FAE6D8): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Ochre (#8B5200): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Espresso (#582500): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Ink (#340300): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
• 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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