Shadow Chestnut color palette — #FBE9DA · #715C00 · #202D2C · #230E00 · #050100

A conversation between Olive and Ink, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#FBE9DA): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Olive (#715C00): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Onyx (#202D2C): quiet, heavy and certain.
• Ink (#230E00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Black (#050100): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged luxury, dark, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Shadow 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.

Similar palettes

• Nocturne Bronze color palette (#F3F2D7, #955F00, #192328, #132200, #020600)
• Nocturne Chestnut Studio color palette (#FFE7EF, #764F00, #394200, #210F00, #030100)
• Olive Quarry color palette (#E3DED6, #9D9A89, #6C7832, #352900, #0F0800)
• Lowlit Lantern color palette (#F9DEC7, #604500, #052D01, #1C001F, #040300)
• Weathered Bronze color palette (#FCE9F1, #A38300, #703700, #250E00, #060002)
• Dusty Fern color palette (#F8F6E9, #C8A97F, #4D580D, #2B3200, #1A2014)
• Inked Onyx Courtyard color palette (#F1E7D4, #443600, #003133, #0A0044, #030200)
• Faded Amber color palette (#E4E8CA, #CB7E0A, #094807, #022202, #020F03)

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