Ancient Chestnut Workshop color palette — #ECD8DF · #A3773F · #8B4F00 · #642E00 · #060300

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

The five colors

• Silver (#ECD8DF): A whisper-light, dusty rose — the color of strawberry cream.
• Mocha (#A3773F): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Coffee (#8B4F00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Rust (#642E00): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Ink (#060300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Chestnut Workshop 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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