Softworn Chestnut color palette — #E9F1EA · #C2D0C8 · #86A99E · #6F4E00 · #263127

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

The five colors

• Cream (#E9F1EA): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Oat (#C2D0C8): a calm mid-gray that lets other colors speak.
• Taupe (#86A99E): A luminous, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Bronze (#6F4E00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Deep Forest (#263127): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged scandi, muted, light.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn 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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