#4E6112 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 #4E6112 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E6112 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Dark Olive Green as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Dark Olive 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.
Dark Olive 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.
Dark Olive Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Dark Olive 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 Dark Olive Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #4E6112 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 #4E6112 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E6112;
--color-base-rgb: 78 97 18;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(46.1% 0.103 122.7);
--color-50: #FAFDF2;
--color-100: #F3F9DC;
--color-200: #E5F2BA;
--color-300: #CFE48B;
--color-400: #B7D260;
--color-500: #9BB73E;
--color-600: #788C36;
--color-700: #56632C;
--color-800: #394120;
--color-900: #242815;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
dark-olive-green: {
50: '#FAFDF2',
100: '#F3F9DC',
200: '#E5F2BA',
300: '#CFE48B',
400: '#B7D260',
500: '#9BB73E',
600: '#788C36',
700: '#56632C',
800: '#394120',
900: '#242815',
},
}
$base: #4E6112; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FAFDF2; $base-100: #F3F9DC; $base-200: #E5F2BA; $base-300: #CFE48B; $base-400: #B7D260; $base-500: #9BB73E; $base-600: #788C36; $base-700: #56632C; $base-800: #394120; $base-900: #242815; $base-hover: #404F0F; $base-subtle: #D5E3A5;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E6112",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FAFDF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F3F9DC",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E5F2BA",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#CFE48B",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B7D260",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#9BB73E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#788C36",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#56632C",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#394120",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#242815",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}