Ancient Chestnut color palette — #D9E6DD · #816000 · #423F00 · #002C24 · #1C1500
Ochre and Deep Olive set the tone — five colors that lean into nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#D9E6DD): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Ochre (#816000): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Deep Olive (#423F00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Deep Forest (#002C24): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Ink (#1C1500): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged retro, 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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