Softworn Fern color palette — #EBEDD4 · #5A5D00 · #00594C · #642600 · #040400

Olive and Rust set the tone — five colors that lean into nature and growth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#EBEDD4): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Olive (#5A5D00): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Pine (#00594C): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Rust (#642600): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ink (#040400): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn Fern 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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