#487635 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 sits well as a supporting tone.
Not just a swatch — here's how #487635 works with other colors. Named schemes with #487635 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 sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
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 #487635 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 #487635 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #487635;
--color-base-rgb: 72 118 53;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(51.7% 0.108 137.4);
--color-50: #F6FBF4;
--color-100: #E7F3E2;
--color-200: #D0E6C7;
--color-300: #AED09F;
--color-400: #8CB87A;
--color-500: #6D9C59;
--color-600: #577949;
--color-700: #415738;
--color-800: #2D3A27;
--color-900: #1D2419;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
fern-green: {
50: '#F6FBF4',
100: '#E7F3E2',
200: '#D0E6C7',
300: '#AED09F',
400: '#8CB87A',
500: '#6D9C59',
600: '#577949',
700: '#415738',
800: '#2D3A27',
900: '#1D2419',
},
}
$base: #487635; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F6FBF4; $base-100: #E7F3E2; $base-200: #D0E6C7; $base-300: #AED09F; $base-400: #8CB87A; $base-500: #6D9C59; $base-600: #577949; $base-700: #415738; $base-800: #2D3A27; $base-900: #1D2419; $base-hover: #3B602B; $base-subtle: #C7DBBE;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#487635",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F6FBF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E7F3E2",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D0E6C7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#AED09F",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#8CB87A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#6D9C59",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#577949",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#415738",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2D3A27",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1D2419",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}