Ancient Fern color palette — #ECDBC9 · #77690E · #284E00 · #002444 · #08031F

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

The five colors

• Bone (#ECDBC9): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Olive (#77690E): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Deep Olive (#284E00): A deep, shadowed, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Midnight (#002444): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Ink (#08031F): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, 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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