Ancient Chestnut color palette — #FEE8D6 · #864300 · #003E48 · #3F001E · #220100

A conversation between Bronze and Deep Indigo, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Cream (#FEE8D6): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Bronze (#864300): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Deep Teal (#003E48): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Deep Indigo (#3F001E): A deep, shadowed, balanced rose — the color of a warm blush.
• Ink (#220100): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged muted, warm.

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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