#514510 is a mid-toned, warm green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, with a faded, vintage edge. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #514510 works with other colors. Named schemes with #514510 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Army Green as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Army 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.
Army 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.
Army Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Army 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 Army Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #514510 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 #514510 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #514510;
--color-base-rgb: 81 69 16;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(39.2% 0.071 95.9);
--color-50: #FDFBF2;
--color-100: #F9F4DC;
--color-200: #F1E7BB;
--color-300: #E3D38C;
--color-400: #D0BC62;
--color-500: #B5A03F;
--color-600: #8B7B37;
--color-700: #62592C;
--color-800: #413B20;
--color-900: #282416;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
army-green: {
50: '#FDFBF2',
100: '#F9F4DC',
200: '#F1E7BB',
300: '#E3D38C',
400: '#D0BC62',
500: '#B5A03F',
600: '#8B7B37',
700: '#62592C',
800: '#413B20',
900: '#282416',
},
}
$base: #514510; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FDFBF2; $base-100: #F9F4DC; $base-200: #F1E7BB; $base-300: #E3D38C; $base-400: #D0BC62; $base-500: #B5A03F; $base-600: #8B7B37; $base-700: #62592C; $base-800: #413B20; $base-900: #282416; $base-hover: #41370D; $base-subtle: #E1D5A1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#514510",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDFBF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F9F4DC",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F1E7BB",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E3D38C",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D0BC62",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B5A03F",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8B7B37",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#62592C",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#413B20",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#282416",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}