#4E4E2F is a muted, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads quietly premium, restrained and easy to live with. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #4E4E2F works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E4E2F in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Army 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.
Army 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.
This palette keeps Army Green as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Army 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.
Army 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 Army Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #4E4E2F 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 #4E4E2F at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E4E2F;
--color-base-rgb: 78 78 47;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(41.5% 0.048 108.3);
--color-50: #F9F9F5;
--color-100: #F0F0E5;
--color-200: #E0E0CC;
--color-300: #C8C8A7;
--color-400: #AEAE84;
--color-500: #909064;
--color-600: #707051;
--color-700: #51513D;
--color-800: #36362A;
--color-900: #22221B;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
army-green: {
50: '#F9F9F5',
100: '#F0F0E5',
200: '#E0E0CC',
300: '#C8C8A7',
400: '#AEAE84',
500: '#909064',
600: '#707051',
700: '#51513D',
800: '#36362A',
900: '#22221B',
},
}
$base: #4E4E2F; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F9F9F5; $base-100: #F0F0E5; $base-200: #E0E0CC; $base-300: #C8C8A7; $base-400: #AEAE84; $base-500: #909064; $base-600: #707051; $base-700: #51513D; $base-800: #36362A; $base-900: #22221B; $base-hover: #404026; $base-subtle: #D1D1BB;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E4E2F",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9F9F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F0F0E5",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E0E0CC",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C8C8A7",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#AEAE84",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#909064",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#707051",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#51513D",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#36362A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#22221B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}