Shadow Study color palette — #F2E8D7 · #554300 · #002242 · #180002 · #020100

Deep Olive and Midnight set the tone — five colors that lean into nature and growth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#F2E8D7): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Deep Olive (#554300): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Midnight (#002242): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Ink (#180002): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Black (#020100): quiet, heavy and certain.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged jewel, vibrant, dark, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Shadow Study 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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