Shadow Fern color palette — #EFDED1 · #514C00 · #002C1C · #1C001E · #020400

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#EFDED1): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Deep Olive (#514C00): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Deep Forest (#002C1C): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Ink (#1C001E): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of a candy shop window.
• Ink (#020400): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Creativity, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged retro, dark, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Shadow 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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