Ancient Fern color palette — #DCF0DA · #B27F26 · #3D6917 · #3D2D62 · #001E0F

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

The five colors

• Honeydew (#DCF0DA): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Mustard (#B27F26): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Olive (#3D6917): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Royal Purple (#3D2D62): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Ink (#001E0F): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged retro.

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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