Ancient Fern color palette — #EFEFE8 · #CACEBF · #9AA493 · #316300 · #2F2F21
A conversation between Olive and Taupe, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Cream (#EFEFE8): bright and airy, almost weightless.
- Oat (#CACEBF): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Taupe (#9AA493): A luminous, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Olive (#316300): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Espresso (#2F2F21): 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 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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