Ancient Canyon color palette — #E4E2D3 · #86BC8D · #3FA6B9 · #995501 · #031100

A conversation between Ochre and Cyan, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#E4E2D3): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Mint Leaf (#86BC8D): A luminous, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Cyan (#3FA6B9): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Ochre (#995501): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#031100): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, Optimism, Balance. Tagged pastel, light, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Canyon 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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