#4E6417 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 #4E6417 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E6417 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 #4E6417 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 #4E6417 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E6417;
--color-base-rgb: 78 100 23;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(46.9% 0.104 124.4);
--color-50: #FAFDF2;
--color-100: #F0F8DD;
--color-200: #E1F0BD;
--color-300: #C9E08F;
--color-400: #B0CD65;
--color-500: #92B243;
--color-600: #72883A;
--color-700: #52612E;
--color-800: #374021;
--color-900: #222716;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
dark-olive-green: {
50: '#FAFDF2',
100: '#F0F8DD',
200: '#E1F0BD',
300: '#C9E08F',
400: '#B0CD65',
500: '#92B243',
600: '#72883A',
700: '#52612E',
800: '#374021',
900: '#222716',
},
}
$base: #4E6417; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FAFDF2; $base-100: #F0F8DD; $base-200: #E1F0BD; $base-300: #C9E08F; $base-400: #B0CD65; $base-500: #92B243; $base-600: #72883A; $base-700: #52612E; $base-800: #374021; $base-900: #222716; $base-hover: #3E5012; $base-subtle: #D1E1A9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E6417",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FAFDF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F0F8DD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E1F0BD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C9E08F",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B0CD65",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#92B243",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#72883A",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#52612E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#374021",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#222716",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}