#556930 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 #556930 works with other colors. Named schemes with #556930 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 #556930 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 #556930 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #556930;
--color-base-rgb: 85 105 48;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(49.1% 0.085 125.4);
--color-50: #F8FAF4;
--color-100: #EDF3E3;
--color-200: #DBE5C7;
--color-300: #BFCFA0;
--color-400: #A2B87A;
--color-500: #849B5A;
--color-600: #68784A;
--color-700: #4C5638;
--color-800: #333928;
--color-900: #20241A;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
dark-olive-green: {
50: '#F8FAF4',
100: '#EDF3E3',
200: '#DBE5C7',
300: '#BFCFA0',
400: '#A2B87A',
500: '#849B5A',
600: '#68784A',
700: '#4C5638',
800: '#333928',
900: '#20241A',
},
}
$base: #556930; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F8FAF4; $base-100: #EDF3E3; $base-200: #DBE5C7; $base-300: #BFCFA0; $base-400: #A2B87A; $base-500: #849B5A; $base-600: #68784A; $base-700: #4C5638; $base-800: #333928; $base-900: #20241A; $base-hover: #445427; $base-subtle: #CED9BA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#556930",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8FAF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EDF3E3",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DBE5C7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#BFCFA0",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A2B87A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#849B5A",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#68784A",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4C5638",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#333928",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#20241A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}