#4E8D44 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 #4E8D44 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E8D44 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Sea Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Sea 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.
Sea 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.
Sea Green sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Sea 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 Sea Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #4E8D44 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 #4E8D44 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E8D44;
--color-base-rgb: 78 141 68;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(58.3% 0.124 141.0);
--color-50: #F5FAF4;
--color-100: #E5F2E3;
--color-200: #CCE4C8;
--color-300: #A7CEA1;
--color-400: #84B67C;
--color-500: #64995C;
--color-600: #51774B;
--color-700: #3D5639;
--color-800: #2A3928;
--color-900: #1B231A;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
sea-green: {
50: '#F5FAF4',
100: '#E5F2E3',
200: '#CCE4C8',
300: '#A7CEA1',
400: '#84B67C',
500: '#64995C',
600: '#51774B',
700: '#3D5639',
800: '#2A3928',
900: '#1B231A',
},
}
$base: #4E8D44; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F5FAF4; $base-100: #E5F2E3; $base-200: #CCE4C8; $base-300: #A7CEA1; $base-400: #84B67C; $base-500: #64995C; $base-600: #51774B; $base-700: #3D5639; $base-800: #2A3928; $base-900: #1B231A; $base-hover: #3E7136; $base-subtle: #C9DEC6;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E8D44",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5FAF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E5F2E3",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CCE4C8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A7CEA1",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#84B67C",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#64995C",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#51774B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3D5639",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2A3928",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1B231A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}