#577D36 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 #577D36 works with other colors. Named schemes with #577D36 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 #577D36 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 #577D36 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #577D36;
--color-base-rgb: 87 125 54;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(54.4% 0.109 132.4);
--color-50: #F7FBF4;
--color-100: #EAF3E2;
--color-200: #D5E6C6;
--color-300: #B6D19E;
--color-400: #97BA78;
--color-500: #789E57;
--color-600: #5F7A48;
--color-700: #465837;
--color-800: #303A27;
--color-900: #1E2419;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
fern-green: {
50: '#F7FBF4',
100: '#EAF3E2',
200: '#D5E6C6',
300: '#B6D19E',
400: '#97BA78',
500: '#789E57',
600: '#5F7A48',
700: '#465837',
800: '#303A27',
900: '#1E2419',
},
}
$base: #577D36; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F7FBF4; $base-100: #EAF3E2; $base-200: #D5E6C6; $base-300: #B6D19E; $base-400: #97BA78; $base-500: #789E57; $base-600: #5F7A48; $base-700: #465837; $base-800: #303A27; $base-900: #1E2419; $base-hover: #45642B; $base-subtle: #CCDCBE;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#577D36",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F7FBF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EAF3E2",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D5E6C6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#B6D19E",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#97BA78",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#789E57",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#5F7A48",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#465837",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#303A27",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1E2419",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}