Softworn Study color palette — #EFE6C5 · #6D5900 · #00429E · #332900 · #00020D

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#EFE6C5): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Olive (#6D5900): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Indigo (#00429E): A full-bodied, vivid blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Espresso (#332900): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Ink (#00020D): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, Optimism, Balance. Tagged cool.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn 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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