#499320 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 #499320 works with other colors. Named schemes with #499320 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 #499320 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 #499320 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #499320;
--color-base-rgb: 73 147 32;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(59.3% 0.163 137.1);
--color-50: #F6FDF2;
--color-100: #E6F8DD;
--color-200: #CEF0BC;
--color-300: #ABE18E;
--color-400: #89CE64;
--color-500: #69B342;
--color-600: #558939;
--color-700: #40612E;
--color-800: #2C4021;
--color-900: #1C2716;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
olive-drab: {
50: '#F6FDF2',
100: '#E6F8DD',
200: '#CEF0BC',
300: '#ABE18E',
400: '#89CE64',
500: '#69B342',
600: '#558939',
700: '#40612E',
800: '#2C4021',
900: '#1C2716',
},
}
$base: #499320; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F6FDF2; $base-100: #E6F8DD; $base-200: #CEF0BC; $base-300: #ABE18E; $base-400: #89CE64; $base-500: #69B342; $base-600: #558939; $base-700: #40612E; $base-800: #2C4021; $base-900: #1C2716; $base-hover: #3A751A; $base-subtle: #C6E5B5;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#499320",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F6FDF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E6F8DD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CEF0BC",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#ABE18E",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#89CE64",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#69B342",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#558939",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#40612E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2C4021",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1C2716",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}