Tempered Chestnut color palette — #E9DCD1 · #884800 · #004D7A · #412000 · #000308

A conversation between Bronze and Peacock, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Bone (#E9DCD1): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Bronze (#884800): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Peacock (#004D7A): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Espresso (#412000): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#000308): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered 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.

Similar palettes

• Aged Brick color palette (#EED9D0, #AD0412, #005361, #550104, #000305)
• Washed Bronze Studio color palette (#F7EDD6, #836200, #32393F, #231F00, #030300)
• Tempered Amber Parlor color palette (#F5D8C3, #D16C1E, #005E99, #5F2B00, #000104)
• Lowlit Aubergine color palette (#EDDFD2, #693D00, #004943, #43006A, #020100)
• Pale Nightshade Alley color palette (#EDDDC0, #6F5800, #2C13CC, #342800, #010016)
• Denim Harbor color palette (#FFEBD5, #C98422, #0065B0, #6B4200, #00162E)
• Weathered Chestnut Basin color palette (#EADFFF, #007F7A, #745F00, #0A0D06, #020100)
• Wandering Quarry color palette (#E5E0CA, #8E9721, #6134CA, #464B00, #140436)

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