#545221 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 #545221 works with other colors. Named schemes with #545221 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 #545221 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 #545221 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #545221;
--color-base-rgb: 84 82 33;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(42.9% 0.069 106.8);
--color-50: #FBFBF4;
--color-100: #F4F3E1;
--color-200: #E8E7C4;
--color-300: #D4D29B;
--color-400: #BDBB75;
--color-500: #A19F54;
--color-600: #7C7A46;
--color-700: #595836;
--color-800: #3B3A26;
--color-900: #252419;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
army-green: {
50: '#FBFBF4',
100: '#F4F3E1',
200: '#E8E7C4',
300: '#D4D29B',
400: '#BDBB75',
500: '#A19F54',
600: '#7C7A46',
700: '#595836',
800: '#3B3A26',
900: '#252419',
},
}
$base: #545221; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FBFBF4; $base-100: #F4F3E1; $base-200: #E8E7C4; $base-300: #D4D29B; $base-400: #BDBB75; $base-500: #A19F54; $base-600: #7C7A46; $base-700: #595836; $base-800: #3B3A26; $base-900: #252419; $base-hover: #44421A; $base-subtle: #D8D6B0;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#545221",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBFBF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F4F3E1",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E8E7C4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D4D29B",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#BDBB75",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A19F54",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7C7A46",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#595836",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3B3A26",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#252419",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}