Ancient Fern color palette — #E9E4D4 · #626400 · #00565F · #2E2F00 · #001316

Built around Olive, softened by Peacock — the whole palette hums with nature and growth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#E9E4D4): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Olive (#626400): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Peacock (#00565F): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Espresso (#2E2F00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Ink (#001316): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, Sophistication. Tagged 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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