Shadow Fern color palette — #EEE0CC · #635B06 · #3A2800 · #1F0B00 · #020400

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#EEE0CC): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Olive (#635B06): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Espresso (#3A2800): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#1F0B00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#020400): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. 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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