Velvet Chestnut color palette — #F4D9CD · #764500 · #3B2B00 · #0C0B00 · #010100

A conversation between Bronze and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F4D9CD): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Bronze (#764500): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Espresso (#3B2B00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Ink (#0C0B00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Black (#010100): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged dark, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Velvet 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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