#51641B 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 #51641B works with other colors. Named schemes with #51641B 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 #51641B 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 #51641B at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #51641B;
--color-base-rgb: 81 100 27;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(47.2% 0.100 122.9);
--color-50: #FAFCF3;
--color-100: #F0F7DE;
--color-200: #E1EDBF;
--color-300: #C9DC93;
--color-400: #AFC86A;
--color-500: #92AD48;
--color-600: #71843D;
--color-700: #525E30;
--color-800: #373E23;
--color-900: #222617;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
dark-olive-green: {
50: '#FAFCF3',
100: '#F0F7DE',
200: '#E1EDBF',
300: '#C9DC93',
400: '#AFC86A',
500: '#92AD48',
600: '#71843D',
700: '#525E30',
800: '#373E23',
900: '#222617',
},
}
$base: #51641B; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FAFCF3; $base-100: #F0F7DE; $base-200: #E1EDBF; $base-300: #C9DC93; $base-400: #AFC86A; $base-500: #92AD48; $base-600: #71843D; $base-700: #525E30; $base-800: #373E23; $base-900: #222617; $base-hover: #415016; $base-subtle: #D1DEAD;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#51641B",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FAFCF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F0F7DE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E1EDBF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C9DC93",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#AFC86A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#92AD48",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#71843D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#525E30",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#373E23",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#222617",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}