What about a mocha island and white for the rest. Or you could do mocha bottom and white upper

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b651 has a nice compromise with both colors. Please do not do dark baseboards in the house. It's like "outlining" and it will make the rooms feel smaller.

I am not sure how much space you have, but reducing the uppers in a wood kitchen can help keep it light feeling. I am doing a rustic kitchenette in my basement using some of my homes original base kitchen cabinets that are dark oak (refinished, but still dark). I am using shelves made from thick wood with black wrought iron type brackets for uppers mounted on a white bead board wall. I've kept the floor and countertops light too. It looks very farmhouse like even though the cabinets are dark. I would post a pick but it is still not all together:)

This pic shows how wood cabinets can be very farmhouse like. It was a little bit my inspiration pic - though I am just doing a little corner in my basement. I may curtain the sink cabinet and the shelves have a similar feel to mine. In this pick I also love The cream plate rail and it looks like there are some cream cabinets around the corner which help break up the wood.

Here are some other pretty ones:

If you don't have a large pantry or need a lot of uppers, consider the uppers in white: