#4E6228 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 #4E6228 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E6228 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 #4E6228 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 #4E6228 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E6228;
--color-base-rgb: 78 98 40;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(46.6% 0.087 125.5);
--color-50: #F8FBF4;
--color-100: #EDF4E2;
--color-200: #DBE7C5;
--color-300: #C0D39C;
--color-400: #A3BC76;
--color-500: #859F55;
--color-600: #697B47;
--color-700: #4C5836;
--color-800: #333B26;
--color-900: #202419;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
dark-olive-green: {
50: '#F8FBF4',
100: '#EDF4E2',
200: '#DBE7C5',
300: '#C0D39C',
400: '#A3BC76',
500: '#859F55',
600: '#697B47',
700: '#4C5836',
800: '#333B26',
900: '#202419',
},
}
$base: #4E6228; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F8FBF4; $base-100: #EDF4E2; $base-200: #DBE7C5; $base-300: #C0D39C; $base-400: #A3BC76; $base-500: #859F55; $base-600: #697B47; $base-700: #4C5836; $base-800: #333B26; $base-900: #202419; $base-hover: #3E4E20; $base-subtle: #CDD9B5;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E6228",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8FBF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EDF4E2",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DBE7C5",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C0D39C",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A3BC76",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#859F55",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#697B47",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4C5836",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#333B26",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#202419",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}