#2F3012 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 #2F3012 works with other colors. Named schemes with #2F3012 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 #2F3012 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 #2F3012 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #2F3012;
--color-base-rgb: 47 48 18;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(30.0% 0.047 110.7);
--color-50: #FBFBF4;
--color-100: #F4F4E1;
--color-200: #E7E8C4;
--color-300: #D3D59B;
--color-400: #BCBE74;
--color-500: #9FA253;
--color-600: #7B7D45;
--color-700: #585A35;
--color-800: #3B3B26;
--color-900: #242519;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
bistre: {
50: '#FBFBF4',
100: '#F4F4E1',
200: '#E7E8C4',
300: '#D3D59B',
400: '#BCBE74',
500: '#9FA253',
600: '#7B7D45',
700: '#585A35',
800: '#3B3B26',
900: '#242519',
},
}
$base: #2F3012; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FBFBF4; $base-100: #F4F4E1; $base-200: #E7E8C4; $base-300: #D3D59B; $base-400: #BCBE74; $base-500: #9FA253; $base-600: #7B7D45; $base-700: #585A35; $base-800: #3B3B26; $base-900: #242519; $base-hover: #26260F; $base-subtle: #D2D3A6;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#2F3012",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBFBF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F4F4E1",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E7E8C4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D3D59B",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#BCBE74",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#9FA253",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7B7D45",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#585A35",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3B3B26",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#242519",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}