Ancient Chestnut color palette — #ECDCD1 · #974A00 · #00485B · #400041 · #080200

A conversation between Burnt Sienna and Deep Indigo, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Bone (#ECDCD1): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Burnt Sienna (#974A00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Deep Teal (#00485B): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Deep Indigo (#400041): A deep, shadowed, balanced pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Ink (#080200): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Creativity, Balance. 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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