Ancient Fern color palette — #FEF4E4 · #AD9ECD · #936785 · #5E5D03 · #5A3F47
A conversation between Olive and Slate, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Cream (#FEF4E4): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Mauve (#AD9ECD): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
- Slate (#936785): A full-bodied, dusty pink — the color of neon signs at night.
- Olive (#5E5D03): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Cocoa (#5A3F47): A full-bodied, dusty rose — the color of pressed rose petals.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Sophistication. Tagged retro, 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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