Charred Chestnut color palette — #F9EBE0 · #81581B · #542900 · #300900 · #030100

A conversation between Coffee and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Cream (#F9EBE0): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Coffee (#81581B): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Espresso (#542900): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#300900): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Black (#030100): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury, Grounding. Tagged earthy, warm, dark, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Charred 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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