#545F3A 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 #545F3A works with other colors. Named schemes with #545F3A in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Ebony leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Ebony plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Ebony 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.
Ebony sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Ebony 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 Ebony carrying the quiet middle.
How #545F3A 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 #545F3A at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #545F3A;
--color-base-rgb: 84 95 58;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(46.6% 0.058 122.1);
--color-50: #F8F9F5;
--color-100: #EDF0E5;
--color-200: #DAE0CC;
--color-300: #BEC7A8;
--color-400: #A1AD85;
--color-500: #839065;
--color-600: #677052;
--color-700: #4B513E;
--color-800: #33362B;
--color-900: #20221B;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
ebony: {
50: '#F8F9F5',
100: '#EDF0E5',
200: '#DAE0CC',
300: '#BEC7A8',
400: '#A1AD85',
500: '#839065',
600: '#677052',
700: '#4B513E',
800: '#33362B',
900: '#20221B',
},
}
$base: #545F3A; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F8F9F5; $base-100: #EDF0E5; $base-200: #DAE0CC; $base-300: #BEC7A8; $base-400: #A1AD85; $base-500: #839065; $base-600: #677052; $base-700: #4B513E; $base-800: #33362B; $base-900: #20221B; $base-hover: #434C2F; $base-subtle: #CDD3C0;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#545F3A",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8F9F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EDF0E5",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DAE0CC",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#BEC7A8",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A1AD85",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#839065",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#677052",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4B513E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#33362B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#20221B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}