Ancient Courtyard color palette — #FAE5D1 · #968D00 · #006C4A · #4B265C · #1B1900

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#FAE5D1): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Olive Leaf (#968D00): A luminous, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Pine (#006C4A): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Royal Purple (#4B265C): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Ink (#1B1900): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Courtyard 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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