Chestnut Basin color palette — #FFE9DA · #72531F · #491C00 · #280007 · #040400

Coffee and Espresso set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Cream (#FFE9DA): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Coffee (#72531F): A full-bodied, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Espresso (#491C00): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Ink (#280007): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Ink (#040400): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Chestnut Basin 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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