Ancient Fern color palette — #E9EAE1 · #C8CFB8 · #9DA895 · #3E6021 · #17170C

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#E9EAE1): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Oat (#C8CFB8): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Taupe (#9DA895): A luminous, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Olive (#3E6021): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Ink (#17170C): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.

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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