#4E8D37 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 #4E8D37 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E8D37 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Olive Drab leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Olive Drab plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Olive Drab 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.
Olive Drab sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Olive Drab 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 Olive Drab carrying the quiet middle.
How #4E8D37 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 #4E8D37 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E8D37;
--color-base-rgb: 78 141 55;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(58.1% 0.137 138.2);
--color-50: #F6FBF4;
--color-100: #E6F4E1;
--color-200: #CEE8C4;
--color-300: #AAD49B;
--color-400: #88BD75;
--color-500: #68A154;
--color-600: #547C46;
--color-700: #3F5936;
--color-800: #2C3B26;
--color-900: #1C2519;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
olive-drab: {
50: '#F6FBF4',
100: '#E6F4E1',
200: '#CEE8C4',
300: '#AAD49B',
400: '#88BD75',
500: '#68A154',
600: '#547C46',
700: '#3F5936',
800: '#2C3B26',
900: '#1C2519',
},
}
$base: #4E8D37; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F6FBF4; $base-100: #E6F4E1; $base-200: #CEE8C4; $base-300: #AAD49B; $base-400: #88BD75; $base-500: #68A154; $base-600: #547C46; $base-700: #3F5936; $base-800: #2C3B26; $base-900: #1C2519; $base-hover: #3E702B; $base-subtle: #C8DFC0;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E8D37",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F6FBF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E6F4E1",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CEE8C4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#AAD49B",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#88BD75",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#68A154",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#547C46",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3F5936",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2C3B26",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1C2519",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}