Velvet Olive color palette — #F9E1D9 · #5B6C00 · #003A3B · #1C0019 · #000200

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

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F9E1D9): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Olive (#5B6C00): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Deep Teal (#003A3B): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Ink (#1C0019): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Black (#000200): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Velvet Olive 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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