#2C321A is a muted, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads quietly premium, restrained and easy to live with. It is too muted to lead as a primary accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #2C321A works with other colors. Named schemes with #2C321A in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Bistre leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Bistre plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Bistre sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Bistre carries the depth in this luxury scheme, offset by a brass accent and near-black and held together by a deep neutral and an off-white surface.
Bistre is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Bistre carrying the quiet middle.
How #2C321A actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #2C321A at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #2C321A;
--color-base-rgb: 44 50 26;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(30.4% 0.041 120.3);
--color-50: #F9FAF5;
--color-100: #EEF2E4;
--color-200: #DDE3C9;
--color-300: #C2CCA3;
--color-400: #A6B37F;
--color-500: #88975E;
--color-600: #6B754D;
--color-700: #4E543A;
--color-800: #343829;
--color-900: #21231A;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
bistre: {
50: '#F9FAF5',
100: '#EEF2E4',
200: '#DDE3C9',
300: '#C2CCA3',
400: '#A6B37F',
500: '#88975E',
600: '#6B754D',
700: '#4E543A',
800: '#343829',
900: '#21231A',
},
}
$base: #2C321A; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F9FAF5; $base-100: #EEF2E4; $base-200: #DDE3C9; $base-300: #C2CCA3; $base-400: #A6B37F; $base-500: #88975E; $base-600: #6B754D; $base-700: #4E543A; $base-800: #343829; $base-900: #21231A; $base-hover: #232815; $base-subtle: #C6CEAE;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#2C321A",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9FAF5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EEF2E4",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DDE3C9",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C2CCA3",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A6B37F",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#88975E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6B754D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4E543A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#343829",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#21231A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}