Ancient Chestnut color palette — #EFE0CB · #785400 · #005647 · #392600 · #000402

Coffee and Forest set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Parchment (#EFE0CB): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Coffee (#785400): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Forest (#005647): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Espresso (#392600): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#000402): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged 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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