#565408 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 #565408 works with other colors. Named schemes with #565408 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 #565408 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 #565408 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #565408;
--color-base-rgb: 86 84 8;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(43.4% 0.090 108.0);
--color-50: #FEFEF0;
--color-100: #FDFBD9;
--color-200: #F8F6B4;
--color-300: #EDEA82;
--color-400: #DED954;
--color-500: #C3BF31;
--color-600: #95912D;
--color-700: #696726;
--color-800: #44431C;
--color-900: #2A2913;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
army-green: {
50: '#FEFEF0',
100: '#FDFBD9',
200: '#F8F6B4',
300: '#EDEA82',
400: '#DED954',
500: '#C3BF31',
600: '#95912D',
700: '#696726',
800: '#44431C',
900: '#2A2913',
},
}
$base: #565408; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEFEF0; $base-100: #FDFBD9; $base-200: #F8F6B4; $base-300: #EDEA82; $base-400: #DED954; $base-500: #C3BF31; $base-600: #95912D; $base-700: #696726; $base-800: #44431C; $base-900: #2A2913; $base-hover: #434106; $base-subtle: #E8E599;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#565408",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEFEF0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDFBD9",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F8F6B4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EDEA82",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DED954",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C3BF31",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#95912D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#696726",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#44431C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A2913",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}