Tempered Fern color palette — #F8E4D5 · #A88A34 · #495E00 · #00433C · #1A1000

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#F8E4D5): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Mustard (#A88A34): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Olive (#495E00): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Forest (#00433C): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Ink (#1A1000): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered 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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