Ancient Fern color palette — #F3E9D6 · #848A38 · #3A5F00 · #003D56 · #101100
A conversation between Olive and Olive Leaf, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#F3E9D6): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Olive Leaf (#848A38): A luminous, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Olive (#3A5F00): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Deep Teal (#003D56): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Ink (#101100): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, 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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