Ancient Fern color palette — #E9E3C5 · #615F68 · #5B4D00 · #151B16 · #060600
A conversation between Deep Olive and Parchment, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#E9E3C5): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Graphite (#615F68): a grounded near-black with real depth.
- Deep Olive (#5B4D00): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Ink (#151B16): a grounded near-black with real depth.
- Ink (#060600): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Sophistication. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, 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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