Tempered Drift color palette — #EFE7D2 · #5F8750 · #004737 · #211B00 · #000200

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#EFE7D2): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Fern (#5F8750): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Forest (#004737): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Ink (#211B00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Black (#000200): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered Drift 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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