#2F3112 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 #2F3112 works with other colors. Named schemes with #2F3112 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 #2F3112 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 #2F3112 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #2F3112;
--color-base-rgb: 47 49 18;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(30.3% 0.049 112.3);
--color-50: #FBFBF3;
--color-100: #F3F5E1;
--color-200: #E6E9C4;
--color-300: #D1D59A;
--color-400: #BABF73;
--color-500: #9DA352;
--color-600: #7A7E44;
--color-700: #575A35;
--color-800: #3A3C25;
--color-900: #242518;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
bistre: {
50: '#FBFBF3',
100: '#F3F5E1',
200: '#E6E9C4',
300: '#D1D59A',
400: '#BABF73',
500: '#9DA352',
600: '#7A7E44',
700: '#575A35',
800: '#3A3C25',
900: '#242518',
},
}
$base: #2F3112; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FBFBF3; $base-100: #F3F5E1; $base-200: #E6E9C4; $base-300: #D1D59A; $base-400: #BABF73; $base-500: #9DA352; $base-600: #7A7E44; $base-700: #575A35; $base-800: #3A3C25; $base-900: #242518; $base-hover: #25270E; $base-subtle: #D1D4A5;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#2F3112",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBFBF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F3F5E1",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E6E9C4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D1D59A",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#BABF73",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#9DA352",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7A7E44",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#575A35",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3A3C25",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#242518",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}