Ancient Study color palette — #E3F3DB · #008D7B · #004C4B · #122209 · #010200
A conversation between Fern and Forest, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Honeydew (#E3F3DB): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Fern (#008D7B): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Forest (#004C4B): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Onyx (#122209): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Black (#010200): quiet, heavy and certain.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Sophistication. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, 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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