Ancient Chestnut color palette — #FCECDC · #804700 · #00431C · #002236 · #230023

Bronze and Forest set the tone — five colors that lean into nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#FCECDC): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Bronze (#804700): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Forest (#00431C): A deep, shadowed, balanced teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Midnight (#002236): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Ink (#230023): A deep, shadowed, balanced pink — the color of peonies in June.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged 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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