Ancient Chestnut color palette — #F4E5D9 · #B49056 · #974C1B · #6E2B33 · #32302A

Burnt Sienna and Oxblood set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Parchment (#F4E5D9): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Caramel (#B49056): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Burnt Sienna (#974C1B): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Oxblood (#6E2B33): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Espresso (#32302A): quiet, heavy and certain.

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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