#4E5124 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 reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #4E5124 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E5124 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
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 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.
Army Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
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 #4E5124 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 #4E5124 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E5124;
--color-base-rgb: 78 81 36;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(42.1% 0.066 112.3);
--color-50: #FAFBF4;
--color-100: #F2F3E2;
--color-200: #E4E6C7;
--color-300: #CDD09F;
--color-400: #B4B87A;
--color-500: #979C59;
--color-600: #757949;
--color-700: #555738;
--color-800: #383A27;
--color-900: #232419;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
army-green: {
50: '#FAFBF4',
100: '#F2F3E2',
200: '#E4E6C7',
300: '#CDD09F',
400: '#B4B87A',
500: '#979C59',
600: '#757949',
700: '#555738',
800: '#383A27',
900: '#232419',
},
}
$base: #4E5124; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FAFBF4; $base-100: #F2F3E2; $base-200: #E4E6C7; $base-300: #CDD09F; $base-400: #B4B87A; $base-500: #979C59; $base-600: #757949; $base-700: #555738; $base-800: #383A27; $base-900: #232419; $base-hover: #3E411D; $base-subtle: #D3D5B3;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E5124",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FAFBF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F2F3E2",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E4E6C7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#CDD09F",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B4B87A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#979C59",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#757949",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#555738",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#383A27",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#232419",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}