#4E7746 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 #4E7746 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E7746 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Fern Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Fern 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.
Fern 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.
Fern 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.
Fern 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 Fern Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #4E7746 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 #4E7746 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E7746;
--color-base-rgb: 78 119 70;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(52.6% 0.087 140.4);
--color-50: #F6FAF5;
--color-100: #E7F0E5;
--color-200: #CFE1CC;
--color-300: #ACC8A7;
--color-400: #8BAF83;
--color-500: #6B9164;
--color-600: #567151;
--color-700: #40523D;
--color-800: #2C372A;
--color-900: #1C221B;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
fern-green: {
50: '#F6FAF5',
100: '#E7F0E5',
200: '#CFE1CC',
300: '#ACC8A7',
400: '#8BAF83',
500: '#6B9164',
600: '#567151',
700: '#40523D',
800: '#2C372A',
900: '#1C221B',
},
}
$base: #4E7746; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F6FAF5; $base-100: #E7F0E5; $base-200: #CFE1CC; $base-300: #ACC8A7; $base-400: #8BAF83; $base-500: #6B9164; $base-600: #567151; $base-700: #40523D; $base-800: #2C372A; $base-900: #1C221B; $base-hover: #3E5F38; $base-subtle: #C8D8C5;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E7746",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F6FAF5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E7F0E5",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CFE1CC",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#ACC8A7",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#8BAF83",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#6B9164",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#567151",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#40523D",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2C372A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1C221B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}