#487547 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 #487547 works with other colors. Named schemes with #487547 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Fern Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Fern 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.
Fern 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.
Fern Green 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.
Fern 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 Fern Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #487547 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 #487547 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #487547;
--color-base-rgb: 72 117 71;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(51.7% 0.087 143.7);
--color-50: #F5F9F5;
--color-100: #E6F0E5;
--color-200: #CDE0CC;
--color-300: #A9C7A8;
--color-400: #86AD85;
--color-500: #669065;
--color-600: #527052;
--color-700: #3E513E;
--color-800: #2B362B;
--color-900: #1B221B;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
fern-green: {
50: '#F5F9F5',
100: '#E6F0E5',
200: '#CDE0CC',
300: '#A9C7A8',
400: '#86AD85',
500: '#669065',
600: '#527052',
700: '#3E513E',
800: '#2B362B',
900: '#1B221B',
},
}
$base: #487547; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F5F9F5; $base-100: #E6F0E5; $base-200: #CDE0CC; $base-300: #A9C7A8; $base-400: #86AD85; $base-500: #669065; $base-600: #527052; $base-700: #3E513E; $base-800: #2B362B; $base-900: #1B221B; $base-hover: #3A5E39; $base-subtle: #C6D8C6;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#487547",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5F9F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E6F0E5",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CDE0CC",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A9C7A8",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#86AD85",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#669065",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#527052",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3E513E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2B362B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1B221B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}