#516124 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 reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #516124 works with other colors. Named schemes with #516124 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Dark Olive Green as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Dark Olive 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.
Dark Olive 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.
Dark Olive Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Dark Olive 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 Dark Olive Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #516124 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 #516124 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #516124;
--color-base-rgb: 81 97 36;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(46.5% 0.088 122.2);
--color-50: #F9FBF3;
--color-100: #EFF5E1;
--color-200: #DFE9C4;
--color-300: #C5D59A;
--color-400: #ABBF73;
--color-500: #8DA352;
--color-600: #6E7E44;
--color-700: #505A35;
--color-800: #363C25;
--color-900: #222518;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
dark-olive-green: {
50: '#F9FBF3',
100: '#EFF5E1',
200: '#DFE9C4',
300: '#C5D59A',
400: '#ABBF73',
500: '#8DA352',
600: '#6E7E44',
700: '#505A35',
800: '#363C25',
900: '#222518',
},
}
$base: #516124; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F9FBF3; $base-100: #EFF5E1; $base-200: #DFE9C4; $base-300: #C5D59A; $base-400: #ABBF73; $base-500: #8DA352; $base-600: #6E7E44; $base-700: #505A35; $base-800: #363C25; $base-900: #222518; $base-hover: #404D1D; $base-subtle: #D0DAB3;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#516124",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9FBF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EFF5E1",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DFE9C4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C5D59A",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#ABBF73",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#8DA352",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6E7E44",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#505A35",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#363C25",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#222518",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}