#4E8D3D 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 #4E8D3D works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E8D3D 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 #4E8D3D 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 #4E8D3D at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E8D3D;
--color-base-rgb: 78 141 61;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(58.2% 0.131 139.4);
--color-50: #F5FBF4;
--color-100: #E6F3E2;
--color-200: #CDE6C6;
--color-300: #A9D19E;
--color-400: #86BA78;
--color-500: #669E57;
--color-600: #537A48;
--color-700: #3E5837;
--color-800: #2B3A27;
--color-900: #1C2419;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
olive-drab: {
50: '#F5FBF4',
100: '#E6F3E2',
200: '#CDE6C6',
300: '#A9D19E',
400: '#86BA78',
500: '#669E57',
600: '#537A48',
700: '#3E5837',
800: '#2B3A27',
900: '#1C2419',
},
}
$base: #4E8D3D; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F5FBF4; $base-100: #E6F3E2; $base-200: #CDE6C6; $base-300: #A9D19E; $base-400: #86BA78; $base-500: #669E57; $base-600: #537A48; $base-700: #3E5837; $base-800: #2B3A27; $base-900: #1C2419; $base-hover: #3F7231; $base-subtle: #C9DFC3;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E8D3D",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5FBF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E6F3E2",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CDE6C6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A9D19E",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#86BA78",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#669E57",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#537A48",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3E5837",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2B3A27",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1C2419",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}