Chalky Chestnut Alley color palette — #EFDFD3 · #AD853F · #984500 · #6C1B28 · #181700

A conversation between Burnt Sienna and Oxblood, giving this palette its sense of optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Parchment (#EFDFD3): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Caramel (#AD853F): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Burnt Sienna (#984500): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Oxblood (#6C1B28): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Ink (#181700): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.

Feels like: Optimism, Balance, Grounding. Tagged earthy, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Chalky Chestnut Alley 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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