Muted Chestnut color palette — #ECE8E3 · #D0CBBF · #AAA48F · #6C5000 · #1E1403

A conversation between Coffee and Ink, giving this palette its sense of optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Parchment (#ECE8E3): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Oat (#D0CBBF): soft and architectural.
• Taupe (#AAA48F): A luminous, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Coffee (#6C5000): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#1E1403): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Muted 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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