Tempered Onyx color palette — #EDE6D6 · #5B864C · #00503F · #3F1249 · #020B00

A conversation between Deep Indigo and Fern, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#EDE6D6): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Fern (#5B864C): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Forest (#00503F): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Deep Indigo (#3F1249): A deep, shadowed, balanced pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Ink (#020B00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Creativity, Sophistication, Grounding. Tagged botanical, earthy, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered Onyx 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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