Ancient Fern color palette — #F7F3FF · #EDB3DC · #BD7A85 · #546700 · #004122

A conversation between Olive and Carnation, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Ivory (#F7F3FF): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Carnation (#EDB3DC): A whisper-light, balanced pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Dusty Rose (#BD7A85): A luminous, balanced red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Olive (#546700): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Forest (#004122): A deep, shadowed, balanced teal — the color of sea glass.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, 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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