Velvet Chestnut color palette — #DDF8DB · #8A5600 · #253900 · #11002C · #020100
A conversation between Ochre and Ink, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Honeydew (#DDF8DB): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Ochre (#8A5600): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Forest (#253900): A deep, shadowed, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Ink (#11002C): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
- Black (#020100): quiet, heavy and certain.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Creativity, Sophistication, Depth. Tagged retro, dark, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Velvet 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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