Chalky Thicket color palette — #FFEAD8 · #D7AD5F · #C46D00 · #904939 · #38352E

Mustard and Gold set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Cream (#FFEAD8): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Gold (#D7AD5F): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Mustard (#C46D00): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Burnt Sienna (#904939): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Espresso (#38352E): a grounded near-black with real depth.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Chalky Thicket 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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