Ancient Chestnut Station color palette — #EFDED0 · #B77E4C · #954800 · #682401 · #231200

A conversation between Burnt Sienna and Rust, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#EFDED0): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Caramel (#B77E4C): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Burnt Sienna (#954800): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Rust (#682401): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ink (#231200): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Chestnut Station 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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