Charred Fern color palette — #EFE3CA · #5B5E00 · #342B00 · #190E00 · #020400

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#EFE3CA): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Olive (#5B5E00): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Espresso (#342B00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Ink (#190E00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Ink (#020400): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Charred 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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