Quiet Emerald Delta color palette — #D9E8DD · #8CAE89 · #49A95E · #985C00 · #131200
A conversation between Kelly Green and Ochre, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#D9E8DD): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Sage (#8CAE89): A luminous, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Kelly Green (#49A95E): A luminous, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Ochre (#985C00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Ink (#131200): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Balance. Tagged pastel, light.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Quiet Emerald Delta 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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