#4E7141 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 #4E7141 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E7141 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
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 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 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 sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
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 #4E7141 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 #4E7141 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E7141;
--color-base-rgb: 78 113 65;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(50.9% 0.083 137.6);
--color-50: #F6FAF5;
--color-100: #E8F0E5;
--color-200: #D1E1CB;
--color-300: #AFC9A6;
--color-400: #8FAF83;
--color-500: #6F9263;
--color-600: #597250;
--color-700: #42523D;
--color-800: #2D372A;
--color-900: #1D221B;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
dark-olive-green: {
50: '#F6FAF5',
100: '#E8F0E5',
200: '#D1E1CB',
300: '#AFC9A6',
400: '#8FAF83',
500: '#6F9263',
600: '#597250',
700: '#42523D',
800: '#2D372A',
900: '#1D221B',
},
}
$base: #4E7141; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F6FAF5; $base-100: #E8F0E5; $base-200: #D1E1CB; $base-300: #AFC9A6; $base-400: #8FAF83; $base-500: #6F9263; $base-600: #597250; $base-700: #42523D; $base-800: #2D372A; $base-900: #1D221B; $base-hover: #3E5B34; $base-subtle: #C9D7C3;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E7141",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F6FAF5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E8F0E5",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D1E1CB",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#AFC9A6",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#8FAF83",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#6F9263",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#597250",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#42523D",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2D372A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1D221B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}