Ancient Chestnut color palette — #FCECE0 · #AE7B4F · #863F00 · #5E2103 · #331F07

Bronze and Espresso set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Cream (#FCECE0): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Caramel (#AE7B4F): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Bronze (#863F00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Espresso (#5E2103): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Onyx (#331F07): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance, Grounding. Tagged earthy, warm, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient 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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