Ancient Study color palette — #E8FBEE · #E8C17D · #AFA763 · #03977D · #2A4432
A conversation between Fern and Honey, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Ivory (#E8FBEE): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
- Honey (#E8C17D): A whisper-light, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Sage (#AFA763): A luminous, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Fern (#03977D): A luminous, balanced teal — the color of sea glass.
- Forest (#2A4432): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Balance. Tagged retro, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Study 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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