Ancient Chestnut color palette — #E1E3FB · #008874 · #8E5400 · #110E05 · #040100

Ochre and Fern set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Frost (#E1E3FB): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
• Fern (#008874): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Ochre (#8E5400): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#110E05): a grounded near-black with real depth.
• Black (#040100): quiet, heavy and certain.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged neon, dark, vibrant, 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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