Ancient Chestnut color palette — #F5F2E9 · #D6C09C · #6A622D · #383205 · #181308

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

The five colors

• Cream (#F5F2E9): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Sand (#D6C09C): A luminous, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Olive (#6A622D): A full-bodied, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Espresso (#383205): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Ink (#181308): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, 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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