Ancient Chestnut color palette — #FFF0F7 · #9E4B00 · #583A00 · #002331 · #040000

A conversation between Burnt Sienna and Cocoa, giving this palette its sense of optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Ivory (#FFF0F7): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Burnt Sienna (#9E4B00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Cocoa (#583A00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Midnight (#002331): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Black (#040000): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged jewel, vibrant, 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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• Fern Balcony color palette (#DFFEEE, #6D6500, #554F00, #002740, #040000)
• Shadow Chestnut color palette (#D6EEDB, #6C5100, #3F3200, #001423, #040000)
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