Ancient Fern color palette — #F6F6E9 · #BCE1D7 · #BBC7D3 · #A0AA7D · #515501

A conversation between Deep Olive and Sage, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Ivory (#F6F6E9): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Silver (#BCE1D7): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Oat (#BBC7D3): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Sage (#A0AA7D): A luminous, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Deep Olive (#515501): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Sophistication, Softness, Clarity. Tagged pastel, light, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient 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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• Worn Bronze Lantern color palette (#FEF3EB, #DFC5AF, #BC9079, #A0633E, #673D00)
• Weathered Fern Delta color palette (#F4F7EB, #D2D5A8, #578B67, #475408, #2A2D23)
• Wandering Aqua color palette (#EDF9E9, #9CF1F1, #5FD9EF, #50957B, #364B33)
• Pale Lagoon Atelier color palette (#E9EFCD, #60B888, #00987C, #305500, #000F03)
• Ancient Taupe color palette (#F8F5EA, #A6B366, #CA8495, #A66857, #3F3D36)
• Turquoise Atelier color palette (#CDE7C9, #7ED1DA, #13B9E2, #007360, #152D15)

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