#3D2F1F is a muted, temperate lime 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 #3D2F1F works with other colors. Named schemes with #3D2F1F 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 holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Bistre sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
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 #3D2F1F 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 #3D2F1F at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #3D2F1F;
--color-base-rgb: 61 47 31;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(31.6% 0.033 69.9);
--color-50: #FAF8F5;
--color-100: #F2EBE3;
--color-200: #E4D7C9;
--color-300: #CDB9A2;
--color-400: #B49B7E;
--color-500: #977C5D;
--color-600: #75624C;
--color-700: #55483A;
--color-800: #383129;
--color-900: #231F1A;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
bistre: {
50: '#FAF8F5',
100: '#F2EBE3',
200: '#E4D7C9',
300: '#CDB9A2',
400: '#B49B7E',
500: '#977C5D',
600: '#75624C',
700: '#55483A',
800: '#383129',
900: '#231F1A',
},
}
$base: #3D2F1F; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FAF8F5; $base-100: #F2EBE3; $base-200: #E4D7C9; $base-300: #CDB9A2; $base-400: #B49B7E; $base-500: #977C5D; $base-600: #75624C; $base-700: #55483A; $base-800: #383129; $base-900: #231F1A; $base-hover: #312619; $base-subtle: #D0C1B1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#3D2F1F",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FAF8F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F2EBE3",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E4D7C9",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#CDB9A2",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B49B7E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#977C5D",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#75624C",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#55483A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#383129",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#231F1A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}