Ancient Fern color palette — #FBE5CD · #8D8700 · #176405 · #502F00 · #111000

Built around Olive, softened by Olive Leaf — the whole palette hums with nature and growth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#FBE5CD): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Olive Leaf (#8D8700): A luminous, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Olive (#176405): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Espresso (#502F00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#111000): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, 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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