Faded Emerald color palette — #FBE6D8 · #D68100 · #3E9433 · #593395 · #1C1500
A conversation between Kelly Green and Plum, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#FBE6D8): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Mustard (#D68100): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Kelly Green (#3E9433): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Plum (#593395): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Ink (#1C1500): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged retro.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Faded Emerald 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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