Softworn Fern Basin color palette — #F9F6E3 · #CEE5D6 · #D4B08B · #B4B4C2 · #525605

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

The five colors

• Cream (#F9F6E3): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Celadon Mist (#CEE5D6): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Sand (#D4B08B): A luminous, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ash (#B4B4C2): soft and architectural.
• Deep Olive (#525605): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Sophistication, Softness, Clarity. Tagged pastel, light, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn Fern Basin 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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