#396404 is a mid-toned, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, quietly premium. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and sits well as a supporting tone.
Not just a swatch — here's how #396404 works with other colors. Named schemes with #396404 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Dark Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Dark Green plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Dark Green anchors this café scheme as the warm mid-tone, lifted by latte cream and a muted sage accent and grounded by espresso brown and a warm charcoal.
Dark Green sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Dark Green 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 Dark Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #396404 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 #396404 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #396404;
--color-base-rgb: 57 100 4;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(45.4% 0.125 132.8);
--color-50: #F8FEF0;
--color-100: #ECFDD8;
--color-200: #DAFCB1;
--color-300: #BEF37C;
--color-400: #A1E54D;
--color-500: #82CB29;
--color-600: #679A28;
--color-700: #4B6D22;
--color-800: #33471A;
--color-900: #202B12;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
dark-green: {
50: '#F8FEF0',
100: '#ECFDD8',
200: '#DAFCB1',
300: '#BEF37C',
400: '#A1E54D',
500: '#82CB29',
600: '#679A28',
700: '#4B6D22',
800: '#33471A',
900: '#202B12',
},
}
$base: #396404; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F8FEF0; $base-100: #ECFDD8; $base-200: #DAFCB1; $base-300: #BEF37C; $base-400: #A1E54D; $base-500: #82CB29; $base-600: #679A28; $base-700: #4B6D22; $base-800: #33471A; $base-900: #202B12; $base-hover: #2D4E03; $base-subtle: #C6ED97;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#396404",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8FEF0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#ECFDD8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DAFCB1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#BEF37C",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A1E54D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#82CB29",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#679A28",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4B6D22",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#33471A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#202B12",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}