#4E7E35 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 sits well as a supporting tone.
Not just a swatch — here's how #4E7E35 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E7E35 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 sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
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 #4E7E35 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 #4E7E35 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E7E35;
--color-base-rgb: 78 126 53;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(54.1% 0.117 136.2);
--color-50: #F6FBF4;
--color-100: #E8F3E2;
--color-200: #D1E7C6;
--color-300: #B0D29D;
--color-400: #8FBB77;
--color-500: #709E56;
--color-600: #597A47;
--color-700: #425837;
--color-800: #2D3A27;
--color-900: #1D2419;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
fern-green: {
50: '#F6FBF4',
100: '#E8F3E2',
200: '#D1E7C6',
300: '#B0D29D',
400: '#8FBB77',
500: '#709E56',
600: '#597A47',
700: '#425837',
800: '#2D3A27',
900: '#1D2419',
},
}
$base: #4E7E35; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F6FBF4; $base-100: #E8F3E2; $base-200: #D1E7C6; $base-300: #B0D29D; $base-400: #8FBB77; $base-500: #709E56; $base-600: #597A47; $base-700: #425837; $base-800: #2D3A27; $base-900: #1D2419; $base-hover: #3F652A; $base-subtle: #C9DDBE;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E7E35",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F6FBF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E8F3E2",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D1E7C6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#B0D29D",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#8FBB77",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#709E56",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#597A47",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#425837",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2D3A27",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1D2419",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}