Tempered Chestnut color palette — #EBDFCB · #775D00 · #354242 · #242700 · #0F0800

A conversation between Olive and Onyx, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#EBDFCB): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Olive (#775D00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Charcoal (#354242): a grounded near-black with real depth.
• Onyx (#242700): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Ink (#0F0800): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered 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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