#4E8341 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 #4E8341 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E8341 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 #4E8341 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 #4E8341 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E8341;
--color-base-rgb: 78 131 65;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(55.6% 0.112 139.6);
--color-50: #F6FAF4;
--color-100: #E6F2E3;
--color-200: #CEE4C8;
--color-300: #AACEA2;
--color-400: #88B57D;
--color-500: #68985C;
--color-600: #54764C;
--color-700: #3F553A;
--color-800: #2C3928;
--color-900: #1C231A;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
fern-green: {
50: '#F6FAF4',
100: '#E6F2E3',
200: '#CEE4C8',
300: '#AACEA2',
400: '#88B57D',
500: '#68985C',
600: '#54764C',
700: '#3F553A',
800: '#2C3928',
900: '#1C231A',
},
}
$base: #4E8341; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F6FAF4; $base-100: #E6F2E3; $base-200: #CEE4C8; $base-300: #AACEA2; $base-400: #88B57D; $base-500: #68985C; $base-600: #54764C; $base-700: #3F553A; $base-800: #2C3928; $base-900: #1C231A; $base-hover: #3E6833; $base-subtle: #C8DCC3;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E8341",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F6FAF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E6F2E3",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CEE4C8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#AACEA2",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#88B57D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#68985C",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#54764C",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3F553A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2C3928",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1C231A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}