Chestnut Basin color palette — #F2E0C4 · #7A4700 · #343000 · #001623 · #030100

A conversation between Bronze and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#F2E0C4): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Bronze (#7A4700): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Espresso (#343000): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Ink (#001623): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Black (#030100): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged retro, dark, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Chestnut Basin 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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• Muted Bronze Delta color palette (#F5E8CD, #A26000, #524C00, #003045, #120900)
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