Shadow Fern color palette — #E5EBD8 · #286900 · #004839 · #001E1D · #000305
A conversation between Olive and Forest, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#E5EBD8): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Olive (#286900): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Forest (#004839): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Ink (#001E1D): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Ink (#000305): a grounded near-black with real depth.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged dark, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Shadow 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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