Ancient Fern Thicket color palette — #EBE9E0 · #CDCCBD · #A4A591 · #555A11 · #18160B
A conversation between Olive and Taupe, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#EBE9E0): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Oat (#CDCCBD): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Taupe (#A4A591): A luminous, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Olive (#555A11): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Ink (#18160B): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Sophistication. Tagged scandi, muted, light.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Fern Thicket 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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