#525915 is a mid-toned, warm 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 #525915 works with other colors. Named schemes with #525915 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 #525915 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 #525915 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #525915;
--color-base-rgb: 82 89 21;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(44.4% 0.089 115.2);
--color-50: #FCFDF2;
--color-100: #F5F8DD;
--color-200: #EAEFBD;
--color-300: #D8E090;
--color-400: #C2CC66;
--color-500: #A6B144;
--color-600: #80873A;
--color-700: #5B602E;
--color-800: #3C3F22;
--color-900: #252716;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
army-green: {
50: '#FCFDF2',
100: '#F5F8DD',
200: '#EAEFBD',
300: '#D8E090',
400: '#C2CC66',
500: '#A6B144',
600: '#80873A',
700: '#5B602E',
800: '#3C3F22',
900: '#252716',
},
}
$base: #525915; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FCFDF2; $base-100: #F5F8DD; $base-200: #EAEFBD; $base-300: #D8E090; $base-400: #C2CC66; $base-500: #A6B144; $base-600: #80873A; $base-700: #5B602E; $base-800: #3C3F22; $base-900: #252716; $base-hover: #434911; $base-subtle: #DADFA7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#525915",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCFDF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F5F8DD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EAEFBD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D8E090",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C2CC66",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A6B144",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#80873A",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5B602E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3C3F22",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#252716",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}