Ancient Fern color palette — #ECEBE3 · #C3C6B9 · #9EA991 · #4D6D00 · #212010

Olive and Sage set the tone — five colors that lean into nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#ECEBE3): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Stone (#C3C6B9): a calm mid-gray that lets other colors speak.
• Sage (#9EA991): A luminous, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Olive (#4D6D00): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Onyx (#212010): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Sophistication. Tagged scandi, muted, light.

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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