#2E2D07 is a deep, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads quietly premium, restrained and easy to live with. It is too dark to lead as a primary accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #2E2D07 works with other colors. Named schemes with #2E2D07 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Bistre as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
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 leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Bistre holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
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 #2E2D07 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 #2E2D07 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #2E2D07;
--color-base-rgb: 46 45 7;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(29.0% 0.055 107.9);
--color-50: #FEFDF1;
--color-100: #FBFADB;
--color-200: #F4F2B8;
--color-300: #E7E488;
--color-400: #D6D25C;
--color-500: #BCB739;
--color-600: #8F8C33;
--color-700: #65632A;
--color-800: #42411F;
--color-900: #292815;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
bistre: {
50: '#FEFDF1',
100: '#FBFADB',
200: '#F4F2B8',
300: '#E7E488',
400: '#D6D25C',
500: '#BCB739',
600: '#8F8C33',
700: '#65632A',
800: '#42411F',
900: '#292815',
},
}
$base: #2E2D07; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEFDF1; $base-100: #FBFADB; $base-200: #F4F2B8; $base-300: #E7E488; $base-400: #D6D25C; $base-500: #BCB739; $base-600: #8F8C33; $base-700: #65632A; $base-800: #42411F; $base-900: #292815; $base-hover: #232205; $base-subtle: #E1DE93;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#2E2D07",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEFDF1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBFADB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F4F2B8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E7E488",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D6D25C",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BCB739",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8F8C33",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#65632A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#42411F",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#292815",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}