#313110 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 #313110 works with other colors. Named schemes with #313110 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 #313110 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 #313110 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #313110;
--color-base-rgb: 49 49 16;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(30.5% 0.051 109.1);
--color-50: #FCFCF3;
--color-100: #F6F6E0;
--color-200: #EBEBC1;
--color-300: #D9D997;
--color-400: #C3C36F;
--color-500: #A7A74E;
--color-600: #818141;
--color-700: #5C5C33;
--color-800: #3D3D24;
--color-900: #262618;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
bistre: {
50: '#FCFCF3',
100: '#F6F6E0',
200: '#EBEBC1',
300: '#D9D997',
400: '#C3C36F',
500: '#A7A74E',
600: '#818141',
700: '#5C5C33',
800: '#3D3D24',
900: '#262618',
},
}
$base: #313110; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FCFCF3; $base-100: #F6F6E0; $base-200: #EBEBC1; $base-300: #D9D997; $base-400: #C3C36F; $base-500: #A7A74E; $base-600: #818141; $base-700: #5C5C33; $base-800: #3D3D24; $base-900: #262618; $base-hover: #28280D; $base-subtle: #D6D6A3;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#313110",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCFCF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F6F6E0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EBEBC1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D9D997",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C3C36F",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A7A74E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#818141",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5C5C33",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3D3D24",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#262618",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}