Ancient Chestnut color palette — #F7D9E8 · #C18393 · #A8615E · #725300 · #242100

A conversation between Coffee and Mocha, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F7D9E8): A whisper-light, dusty rose — the color of a warm blush.
• Dusty Rose (#C18393): A luminous, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Mocha (#A8615E): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Coffee (#725300): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Onyx (#242100): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Balance. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.

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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