Tempered Thicket color palette — #EFEFD3 · #5B9873 · #006A76 · #710E27 · #301500

Oxblood and Fern set the tone — five colors that lean into nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#EFEFD3): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Fern (#5B9873): A luminous, balanced teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Peacock (#006A76): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Oxblood (#710E27): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Onyx (#301500): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, Balance. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered Thicket 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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