#489334 is a mid-toned, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and sits well as a supporting tone.
Not just a swatch — here's how #489334 works with other colors. Named schemes with #489334 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Olive Drab leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Olive Drab plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Olive Drab 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.
Olive Drab sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Olive Drab 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 Olive Drab carrying the quiet middle.
How #489334 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 #489334 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #489334;
--color-base-rgb: 72 147 52;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(59.4% 0.150 139.6);
--color-50: #F5FBF3;
--color-100: #E5F5E0;
--color-200: #CBEAC3;
--color-300: #A6D799;
--color-400: #82C171;
--color-500: #62A550;
--color-600: #507F43;
--color-700: #3C5B34;
--color-800: #2A3C25;
--color-900: #1B2518;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
olive-drab: {
50: '#F5FBF3',
100: '#E5F5E0',
200: '#CBEAC3',
300: '#A6D799',
400: '#82C171',
500: '#62A550',
600: '#507F43',
700: '#3C5B34',
800: '#2A3C25',
900: '#1B2518',
},
}
$base: #489334; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F5FBF3; $base-100: #E5F5E0; $base-200: #CBEAC3; $base-300: #A6D799; $base-400: #82C171; $base-500: #62A550; $base-600: #507F43; $base-700: #3C5B34; $base-800: #2A3C25; $base-900: #1B2518; $base-hover: #3A7629; $base-subtle: #C7E1BF;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#489334",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5FBF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E5F5E0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CBEAC3",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A6D799",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#82C171",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#62A550",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#507F43",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3C5B34",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2A3C25",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1B2518",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}