Chestnut Lantern color palette — #EFDECC · #785000 · #402400 · #1E0B00 · #060300

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#EFDECC): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Coffee (#785000): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Espresso (#402400): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#1E0B00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#060300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Chestnut Lantern 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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