#4C8147 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 #4C8147 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4C8147 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 #4C8147 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 #4C8147 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4C8147;
--color-base-rgb: 76 129 71;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(55.1% 0.104 142.2);
--color-50: #F5FAF5;
--color-100: #E5F1E4;
--color-200: #CCE2CA;
--color-300: #A8CAA5;
--color-400: #85B181;
--color-500: #659461;
--color-600: #52734F;
--color-700: #3E533C;
--color-800: #2B3729;
--color-900: #1B231B;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
fern-green: {
50: '#F5FAF5',
100: '#E5F1E4',
200: '#CCE2CA',
300: '#A8CAA5',
400: '#85B181',
500: '#659461',
600: '#52734F',
700: '#3E533C',
800: '#2B3729',
900: '#1B231B',
},
}
$base: #4C8147; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F5FAF5; $base-100: #E5F1E4; $base-200: #CCE2CA; $base-300: #A8CAA5; $base-400: #85B181; $base-500: #659461; $base-600: #52734F; $base-700: #3E533C; $base-800: #2B3729; $base-900: #1B231B; $base-hover: #3C6738; $base-subtle: #C8DBC6;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4C8147",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5FAF5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E5F1E4",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CCE2CA",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A8CAA5",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#85B181",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#659461",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#52734F",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3E533C",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2B3729",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1B231B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}