Fern Archive color palette — #D6E7DA · #656600 · #453300 · #271200 · #010200

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#D6E7DA): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Olive (#656600): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Espresso (#453300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#271200): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Black (#010200): quiet, heavy and certain.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged earthy, warm, dark, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Fern Archive 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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