Shadow Study color palette — #ECE9D9 · #454A00 · #202D2E · #001404 · #040300

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#ECE9D9): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Deep Olive (#454A00): A deep, shadowed, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Onyx (#202D2E): quiet, heavy and certain.
• Ink (#001404): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Ink (#040300): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Shadow Study 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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