Ancient Fern color palette — #D1E7D9 · #8D8951 · #645400 · #3F2E00 · #00130B
A conversation between Coffee and Moss, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Celadon Mist (#D1E7D9): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Moss (#8D8951): A luminous, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Coffee (#645400): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Espresso (#3F2E00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Ink (#00130B): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Sophistication, Grounding. Tagged earthy, warm, 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.
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