Ancient Chestnut color palette — #F8ECE1 · #D8AC66 · #8C5400 · #4C2D05 · #211303

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

The five colors

• Cream (#F8ECE1): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Gold (#D8AC66): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ochre (#8C5400): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Espresso (#4C2D05): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#211303): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication. 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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