#4E5C09 is a mid-toned, warm 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 #4E5C09 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E5C09 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 #4E5C09 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 #4E5C09 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E5C09;
--color-base-rgb: 78 92 9;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(44.7% 0.101 119.7);
--color-50: #FCFEF0;
--color-100: #F6FCD9;
--color-200: #ECF8B5;
--color-300: #DBED83;
--color-400: #C6DD55;
--color-500: #ABC332;
--color-600: #83942E;
--color-700: #5D6926;
--color-800: #3E441D;
--color-900: #262A14;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
army-green: {
50: '#FCFEF0',
100: '#F6FCD9',
200: '#ECF8B5',
300: '#DBED83',
400: '#C6DD55',
500: '#ABC332',
600: '#83942E',
700: '#5D6926',
800: '#3E441D',
900: '#262A14',
},
}
$base: #4E5C09; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FCFEF0; $base-100: #F6FCD9; $base-200: #ECF8B5; $base-300: #DBED83; $base-400: #C6DD55; $base-500: #ABC332; $base-600: #83942E; $base-700: #5D6926; $base-800: #3E441D; $base-900: #262A14; $base-hover: #3F4A07; $base-subtle: #DBE89C;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E5C09",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCFEF0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F6FCD9",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#ECF8B5",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#DBED83",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C6DD55",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#ABC332",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#83942E",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5D6926",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3E441D",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#262A14",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}