Ancient Chestnut color palette — #FBF2F5 · #D9BB8D · #79562E · #4B2F39 · #2C2221

A conversation between Coffee and Sand, giving this palette its sense of optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Ivory (#FBF2F5): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Sand (#D9BB8D): A luminous, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Coffee (#79562E): A full-bodied, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Espresso (#4B2F39): A deep, shadowed, dusty rose — the color of a warm blush.
• Onyx (#2C2221): a grounded near-black with real depth.

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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