Worn Chestnut color palette — #F9ECE2 · #824000 · #36413C · #221900 · #120600

Built around Bronze, softened by Ink — the whole palette hums with optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Cream (#F9ECE2): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Bronze (#824000): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Charcoal (#36413C): a grounded near-black with real depth.
• Ink (#221900): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Ink (#120600): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Worn 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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