Velvet Chestnut color palette — #F7E9D3 · #7F5F00 · #2D240C · #140A00 · #040200

Ochre and Onyx set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Parchment (#F7E9D3): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ochre (#7F5F00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Onyx (#2D240C): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#140A00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Ink (#040200): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, 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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