Ancient Chestnut color palette — #EDE9DF · #CFCCBE · #A4A690 · #645400 · #1C1506

Coffee takes the lead with Taupe close behind in a set that reads as nature and growth at first glance.

The five colors

• Parchment (#EDE9DF): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Oat (#CFCCBE): a calm mid-gray that lets other colors speak.
• Taupe (#A4A690): A luminous, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Coffee (#645400): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Ink (#1C1506): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Sophistication. Tagged scandi, muted, light.

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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