#465321 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 #465321 works with other colors. Named schemes with #465321 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 #465321 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 #465321 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #465321;
--color-base-rgb: 70 83 33;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(41.9% 0.075 121.8);
--color-50: #F9FBF4;
--color-100: #EFF4E1;
--color-200: #DEE8C5;
--color-300: #C5D39C;
--color-400: #AABD75;
--color-500: #8CA055;
--color-600: #6D7C46;
--color-700: #505936;
--color-800: #353B26;
--color-900: #212419;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
army-green: {
50: '#F9FBF4',
100: '#EFF4E1',
200: '#DEE8C5',
300: '#C5D39C',
400: '#AABD75',
500: '#8CA055',
600: '#6D7C46',
700: '#505936',
800: '#353B26',
900: '#212419',
},
}
$base: #465321; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F9FBF4; $base-100: #EFF4E1; $base-200: #DEE8C5; $base-300: #C5D39C; $base-400: #AABD75; $base-500: #8CA055; $base-600: #6D7C46; $base-700: #505936; $base-800: #353B26; $base-900: #212419; $base-hover: #38431B; $base-subtle: #CDD7B1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#465321",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9FBF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EFF4E1",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DEE8C5",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C5D39C",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#AABD75",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#8CA055",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6D7C46",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#505936",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#353B26",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#212419",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}