Ancient Fern color palette — #ECE4D4 · #8C9247 · #3B6100 · #4D2F5D · #292C02
A conversation between Olive and Moss, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#ECE4D4): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Moss (#8C9247): A luminous, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Olive (#3B6100): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Royal Purple (#4D2F5D): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
- Deep Forest (#292C02): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Creativity, Balance, Grounding. Tagged botanical, earthy, 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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