Ancient Chestnut color palette — #FAEFEA · #DEBD9A · #8C4F2E · #522000 · #1D110A

Coffee takes the lead with Espresso close behind in a set that reads as optimism and warmth at first glance.

The five colors

• Cream (#FAEFEA): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Sand (#DEBD9A): A luminous, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Coffee (#8C4F2E): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Espresso (#522000): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ink (#1D110A): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Sophistication. Tagged luxury, dark, muted, warm.

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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