Tempered Fern color palette — #FAF5E8 · #C4C49A · #5F8D73 · #596B5D · #525000

Built around Deep Olive, softened by Fern — the whole palette hums with nature and growth.

The five colors

• Ivory (#FAF5E8): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Pistachio (#C4C49A): A luminous, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Fern (#5F8D73): A luminous, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Graphite (#596B5D): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Deep Olive (#525000): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, 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.

Similar palettes

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• Timeworn Driftwood color palette (#F7F1E8, #C8C5A2, #778C4A, #4E695A, #32312A)
• Muted Lagoon color palette (#EEF8F0, #BAD9CF, #7CA78D, #658292, #3F524C)
• Weathered Olive Study color palette (#FCF3EF, #C3F2E9, #69A2BA, #5D793A, #32524A)
• Ancient Fern Cabin color palette (#F2E1D2, #A08A42, #4F5C00, #2C3C63, #362600)
• Ancient Taupe color palette (#FEF3E7, #A49E54, #506D32, #5C4153, #38352E)
• Tempered Jade Pier color palette (#F8F6E0, #51BC7B, #007B6C, #095973, #1C442B)
• Worn Terrace color palette (#FFF0FB, #97ADEF, #B19554, #6170A0, #514C46)

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