#454111 is a mid-toned, warm green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, with a faded, vintage edge. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #454111 works with other colors. Named schemes with #454111 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Espresso as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Espresso plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Espresso leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Espresso holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Espresso 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 Espresso carrying the quiet middle.
How #454111 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 #454111 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #454111;
--color-base-rgb: 69 65 17;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(36.9% 0.066 104.5);
--color-50: #FCFCF2;
--color-100: #F8F5DE;
--color-200: #EFEBBE;
--color-300: #DED891;
--color-400: #CBC267;
--color-500: #AFA646;
--color-600: #86803C;
--color-700: #605C2F;
--color-800: #3F3C22;
--color-900: #272516;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
espresso: {
50: '#FCFCF2',
100: '#F8F5DE',
200: '#EFEBBE',
300: '#DED891',
400: '#CBC267',
500: '#AFA646',
600: '#86803C',
700: '#605C2F',
800: '#3F3C22',
900: '#272516',
},
}
$base: #454111; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FCFCF2; $base-100: #F8F5DE; $base-200: #EFEBBE; $base-300: #DED891; $base-400: #CBC267; $base-500: #AFA646; $base-600: #86803C; $base-700: #605C2F; $base-800: #3F3C22; $base-900: #272516; $base-hover: #37340E; $base-subtle: #DCD8A3;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#454111",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCFCF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F8F5DE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EFEBBE",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#DED891",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#CBC267",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#AFA646",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#86803C",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#605C2F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3F3C22",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#272516",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}