Shadow Fern color palette — #D6F2DC · #5E5200 · #372700 · #180B00 · #010100

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

The five colors

• Honeydew (#D6F2DC): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Deep Olive (#5E5200): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Espresso (#372700): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Ink (#180B00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Black (#010100): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury, Grounding. Tagged earthy, warm, 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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