#332E11 is a muted, 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 #332E11 works with other colors. Named schemes with #332E11 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 #332E11 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 #332E11 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #332E11;
--color-base-rgb: 51 46 17;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(29.9% 0.045 99.7);
--color-50: #FCFAF3;
--color-100: #F5F2E0;
--color-200: #EBE4C2;
--color-300: #D8CE97;
--color-400: #C2B670;
--color-500: #A6994E;
--color-600: #807742;
--color-700: #5C5633;
--color-800: #3C3924;
--color-900: #252318;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
bistre: {
50: '#FCFAF3',
100: '#F5F2E0',
200: '#EBE4C2',
300: '#D8CE97',
400: '#C2B670',
500: '#A6994E',
600: '#807742',
700: '#5C5633',
800: '#3C3924',
900: '#252318',
},
}
$base: #332E11; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FCFAF3; $base-100: #F5F2E0; $base-200: #EBE4C2; $base-300: #D8CE97; $base-400: #C2B670; $base-500: #A6994E; $base-600: #807742; $base-700: #5C5633; $base-800: #3C3924; $base-900: #252318; $base-hover: #28240D; $base-subtle: #D6CEA3;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#332E11",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCFAF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F5F2E0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EBE4C2",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D8CE97",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C2B670",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A6994E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#807742",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5C5633",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3C3924",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#252318",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}