Ancient Archive color palette — #F8F1E6 · #B4B881 · #5D8050 · #684B5C · #2C2714

Fern and Sage set the tone — five colors that lean into nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#F8F1E6): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Sage (#B4B881): A luminous, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Fern (#5D8050): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Charcoal Brown (#684B5C): A full-bodied, dusty pink — the color of neon signs at night.
• Onyx (#2C2714): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Sophistication, Grounding. Tagged botanical, earthy, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Archive 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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Browse the whole catalog at Explore, or see today's palette.