Ancient Fern color palette — #F4E0D2 · #9E8959 · #4D5D00 · #004940 · #352600

Olive and Caramel set the tone — five colors that lean into nature and growth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#F4E0D2): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Caramel (#9E8959): A luminous, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Olive (#4D5D00): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Forest (#004940): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Espresso (#352600): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.

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.

Similar palettes

• Weathered Balcony color palette (#D7E3D8, #988F4C, #4E5D00, #084521, #00170C)
• Forest Delta color palette (#EDE4D0, #7A956A, #00644C, #00445C, #193006)
• Aged Fern color palette (#FEF3E9, #A59C6C, #506D3B, #0C5655, #38352E)
• Dusty Olive Market color palette (#FFF3E8, #B0A36A, #52762D, #6B3C6E, #453A00)
• Mustard Atelier color palette (#F9DBE9, #D4B75F, #829C56, #44817B, #13301E)
• Nocturne Onyx color palette (#FFEBDE, #745819, #282F00, #250036, #0A0500)
• Fern Garden color palette (#F7F5ED, #BDC5AB, #4D8E88, #496F65, #475408)
• Softworn Sapphire Station color palette (#F4EDE8, #96BBAA, #2D66B8, #005147, #2C2556)

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