Shadow Fern color palette — #FADAD2 · #504D00 · #002B26 · #200012 · #010500

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

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FADAD2): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Deep Olive (#504D00): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Deep Forest (#002B26): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Ink (#200012): A deep, shadowed, dusty rose — the color of pressed rose petals.
• Ink (#010500): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, 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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