Ancient Fern color palette — #F7DEDA · #96642A · #435800 · #2B2851 · #181437

Built around Deep Olive, softened by Ochre — the whole palette hums with nature and growth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F7DEDA): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Ochre (#96642A): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Deep Olive (#435800): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Deep Indigo (#2B2851): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Deep Indigo (#181437): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Creativity, Balance. 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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