Ancient Fern color palette — #F9DFCB · #AC8A5B · #7A6A2E · #3B4B00 · #0C3628
A conversation between Deep Olive and Walnut, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#F9DFCB): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Caramel (#AC8A5B): A luminous, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Walnut (#7A6A2E): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Deep Olive (#3B4B00): A deep, shadowed, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Deep Forest (#0C3628): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged vintage, 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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