Ancient Fern color palette — #FFF4DE · #A9A56C · #5E6600 · #483B00 · #090800
A conversation between Olive and Sage, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Cream (#FFF4DE): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Sage (#A9A56C): A luminous, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Olive (#5E6600): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Deep Olive (#483B00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Ink (#090800): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Sophistication, 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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