Softworn Chestnut color palette — #DCF2FF · #007F9C · #835400 · #4F3100 · #000103

A conversation between Coffee and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Frost (#DCF2FF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Cerulean (#007F9C): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Coffee (#835400): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Espresso (#4F3100): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Black (#000103): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn 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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