Fern Archive color palette — #ECDFC1 · #5F5D0D · #332C00 · #171000 · #030400

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#ECDFC1): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Olive (#5F5D0D): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Espresso (#332C00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Ink (#171000): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Ink (#030400): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury, Grounding. 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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• Dusty Bronze color palette (#F5EADB, #936F24, #5F3D00, #3C2000, #1D1500)
• Nocturne Garnet Thicket color palette (#ECEFDF, #044409, #550202, #200D00, #000300)
• Hushed Veranda color palette (#D8ECD3, #0F68F5, #00717F, #070D12, #000201)
• Obsidian Market color palette (#D8EAE3, #00628C, #13007F, #002031, #010010)
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