Ancient Fern color palette — #F5DADD · #976342 · #4B4B00 · #192248 · #090024

Deep Olive takes the lead with Walnut close behind in a set that reads as nature and growth at first glance.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F5DADD): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Walnut (#976342): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Deep Olive (#4B4B00): A deep, shadowed, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Midnight (#192248): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
• Ink (#090024): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Creativity, 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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