Tempered Chestnut color palette — #F3E3CA · #885700 · #3E4100 · #002238 · #050300

A conversation between Ochre and Deep Olive, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#F3E3CA): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ochre (#885700): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Deep Olive (#3E4100): A deep, shadowed, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Midnight (#002238): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Ink (#050300): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered 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.

Similar palettes

• Chestnut Workshop color palette (#EBE3C7, #7D5E00, #353400, #00100D, #020100)
• Frosted Navy color palette (#F9EACC, #6E6500, #044B0C, #140065, #030400)
• Hushed Brick color palette (#F2E1C7, #BB0021, #5A3200, #002525, #0B0100)
• Cocoa Loft color palette (#EADECD, #773400, #1C2900, #080036, #060300)
• Dusty Bronze Courtyard color palette (#D8EDD9, #B36200, #566100, #322B7D, #060300)
• Airy Workshop color palette (#FCEBCE, #777644, #10631C, #1D325F, #15002E)
• Dusty Olive color palette (#E4E1D4, #4D8532, #00532D, #4A1B00, #010800)
• Olive Dune color palette (#F9ECD4, #358700, #00574A, #400062, #001004)

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