Ancient Fern color palette — #FFE1E6 · #D29C97 · #A96F57 · #5E5A08 · #005031

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

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFE1E6): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Rosewood Mist (#D29C97): A luminous, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Mocha (#A96F57): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Olive (#5E5A08): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Forest (#005031): A deep, shadowed, balanced teal — the color of sea glass.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, 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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