Chalky Fern color palette — #E9DCCC · #9F6D00 · #2B5A00 · #2A2159 · #140D00

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

The five colors

• Bone (#E9DCCC): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ochre (#9F6D00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Deep Olive (#2B5A00): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Deep Indigo (#2A2159): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
• Ink (#140D00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged retro.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Chalky 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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