Midnight Chestnut color palette — #F5E1CD · #795D00 · #4F2D00 · #2F0A00 · #020200

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#F5E1CD): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Olive (#795D00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Espresso (#4F2D00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#2F0A00): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Black (#020200): 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 Midnight 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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