#577434 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 #577434 works with other colors. Named schemes with #577434 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 #577434 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 #577434 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #577434;
--color-base-rgb: 87 116 52;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(52.1% 0.097 129.4);
--color-50: #F8FBF4;
--color-100: #EBF3E2;
--color-200: #D8E6C7;
--color-300: #BAD09F;
--color-400: #9CB87A;
--color-500: #7E9C59;
--color-600: #637949;
--color-700: #495738;
--color-800: #313A27;
--color-900: #1F2419;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
fern-green: {
50: '#F8FBF4',
100: '#EBF3E2',
200: '#D8E6C7',
300: '#BAD09F',
400: '#9CB87A',
500: '#7E9C59',
600: '#637949',
700: '#495738',
800: '#313A27',
900: '#1F2419',
},
}
$base: #577434; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F8FBF4; $base-100: #EBF3E2; $base-200: #D8E6C7; $base-300: #BAD09F; $base-400: #9CB87A; $base-500: #7E9C59; $base-600: #637949; $base-700: #495738; $base-800: #313A27; $base-900: #1F2419; $base-hover: #465D2A; $base-subtle: #CDDBBD;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#577434",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8FBF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EBF3E2",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D8E6C7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#BAD09F",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#9CB87A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#7E9C59",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#637949",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#495738",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#313A27",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1F2419",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}