Shadow Fern color palette — #DFE8D5 · #496C00 · #2A2A32 · #00170E · #000201
Built around Olive, softened by Ink — the whole palette hums with nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#DFE8D5): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Olive (#496C00): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Onyx (#2A2A32): quiet, heavy and certain.
- Ink (#00170E): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Black (#000201): quiet, heavy and certain.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, 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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