Ancient Chestnut color palette — #FDEFE0 · #CB985D · #309CB8 · #8C5700 · #002D38
A conversation between Ochre and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Cream (#FDEFE0): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Camel (#CB985D): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Cerulean (#309CB8): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Ochre (#8C5700): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Midnight (#002D38): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Balance. Tagged warm.
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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