Charred Chestnut color palette — #FFECD8 · #8C5500 · #283800 · #150028 · #020100

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

The five colors

• Cream (#FFECD8): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ochre (#8C5500): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Forest (#283800): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Ink (#150028): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• 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 Charred 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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