Ancient Chestnut color palette — #FFD9E3 · #C393BE · #A26C85 · #834D28 · #5E3F14

Coffee and Mauve set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and creativity.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FFD9E3): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Mauve (#C393BE): A luminous, balanced pink — the color of neon signs at night.
• Mocha (#A26C85): A full-bodied, dusty rose — the color of strawberry cream.
• Coffee (#834D28): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Cocoa (#5E3F14): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.

Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged vintage, retro, 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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