#4E8310 is a mid-toned, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and sits well as a supporting tone.
Not just a swatch — here's how #4E8310 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E8310 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Avocado as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Avocado 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.
Avocado plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Avocado leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Avocado 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 Avocado carrying the quiet middle.
How #4E8310 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 #4E8310 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E8310;
--color-base-rgb: 78 131 16;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(55.2% 0.148 132.7);
--color-50: #F8FEF1;
--color-100: #ECFBDA;
--color-200: #D8F6B6;
--color-300: #BBEA85;
--color-400: #9DDA58;
--color-500: #7FBF36;
--color-600: #649130;
--color-700: #496728;
--color-800: #32431E;
--color-900: #1F2914;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
avocado: {
50: '#F8FEF1',
100: '#ECFBDA',
200: '#D8F6B6',
300: '#BBEA85',
400: '#9DDA58',
500: '#7FBF36',
600: '#649130',
700: '#496728',
800: '#32431E',
900: '#1F2914',
},
}
$base: #4E8310; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F8FEF1; $base-100: #ECFBDA; $base-200: #D8F6B6; $base-300: #BBEA85; $base-400: #9DDA58; $base-500: #7FBF36; $base-600: #649130; $base-700: #496728; $base-800: #32431E; $base-900: #1F2914; $base-hover: #3E690D; $base-subtle: #CBE9A8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E8310",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8FEF1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#ECFBDA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D8F6B6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#BBEA85",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#9DDA58",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#7FBF36",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#649130",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#496728",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#32431E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1F2914",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}