Ancient Chestnut color palette — #F7ECE4 · #C9B365 · #984B03 · #542702 · #211205

A conversation between Burnt Sienna and Gold, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#F7ECE4): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Gold (#C9B365): A luminous, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Burnt Sienna (#984B03): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Espresso (#542702): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#211205): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Balance. Tagged luxury, dark, 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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