Ancient Chestnut color palette — #FFE5D5 · #965515 · #602200 · #3D0003 · #130900

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

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFE5D5): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Ochre (#965515): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Rust (#602200): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Espresso (#3D0003): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ink (#130900): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance, 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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