#3D5214 is a mid-toned, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, with a faded, vintage edge. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #3D5214 works with other colors. Named schemes with #3D5214 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Army Green as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Army 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.
Army 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.
Army Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Army 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 Army Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #3D5214 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 #3D5214 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #3D5214;
--color-base-rgb: 61 82 20;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(40.7% 0.090 126.4);
--color-50: #F9FCF2;
--color-100: #EFF8DD;
--color-200: #DEEFBD;
--color-300: #C5DF90;
--color-400: #AACB67;
--color-500: #8CB045;
--color-600: #6E873B;
--color-700: #50602F;
--color-800: #353F22;
--color-900: #212716;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
army-green: {
50: '#F9FCF2',
100: '#EFF8DD',
200: '#DEEFBD',
300: '#C5DF90',
400: '#AACB67',
500: '#8CB045',
600: '#6E873B',
700: '#50602F',
800: '#353F22',
900: '#212716',
},
}
$base: #3D5214; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F9FCF2; $base-100: #EFF8DD; $base-200: #DEEFBD; $base-300: #C5DF90; $base-400: #AACB67; $base-500: #8CB045; $base-600: #6E873B; $base-700: #50602F; $base-800: #353F22; $base-900: #212716; $base-hover: #314210; $base-subtle: #CBDEA5;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#3D5214",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9FCF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EFF8DD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DEEFBD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C5DF90",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#AACB67",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#8CB045",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6E873B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#50602F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#353F22",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#212716",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}