Ancient Fern Basin color palette — #FDF4E4 · #A49C6C · #66662C · #5B4814 · #38352E
A conversation between Olive and Deep Olive, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Cream (#FDF4E4): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Moss (#A49C6C): A luminous, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Olive (#66662C): A full-bodied, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Deep Olive (#5B4814): A full-bodied, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Espresso (#38352E): a grounded near-black with real depth.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Sophistication, Grounding. Tagged botanical, earthy, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Fern Basin 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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