#558347 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 sits well as a supporting tone.
Not just a swatch — here's how #558347 works with other colors. Named schemes with #558347 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Fern Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Fern 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.
Fern 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.
Fern Green sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Fern 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 Fern Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #558347 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 #558347 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #558347;
--color-base-rgb: 85 131 71;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(56.1% 0.102 138.7);
--color-50: #F6FAF5;
--color-100: #E7F1E4;
--color-200: #D0E2CA;
--color-300: #ADCBA4;
--color-400: #8CB280;
--color-500: #6C9560;
--color-600: #57744E;
--color-700: #41543B;
--color-800: #2D3829;
--color-900: #1C231B;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
fern-green: {
50: '#F6FAF5',
100: '#E7F1E4',
200: '#D0E2CA',
300: '#ADCBA4',
400: '#8CB280',
500: '#6C9560',
600: '#57744E',
700: '#41543B',
800: '#2D3829',
900: '#1C231B',
},
}
$base: #558347; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F6FAF5; $base-100: #E7F1E4; $base-200: #D0E2CA; $base-300: #ADCBA4; $base-400: #8CB280; $base-500: #6C9560; $base-600: #57744E; $base-700: #41543B; $base-800: #2D3829; $base-900: #1C231B; $base-hover: #456A39; $base-subtle: #CCDCC7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#558347",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F6FAF5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E7F1E4",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D0E2CA",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#ADCBA4",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#8CB280",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#6C9560",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#57744E",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#41543B",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2D3829",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1C231B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}