#577D39 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 #577D39 works with other colors. Named schemes with #577D39 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 #577D39 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 #577D39 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #577D39;
--color-base-rgb: 87 125 57;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(54.5% 0.106 133.0);
--color-50: #F7FAF4;
--color-100: #EAF3E3;
--color-200: #D4E5C7;
--color-300: #B4CFA0;
--color-400: #95B87A;
--color-500: #769B5A;
--color-600: #5E784A;
--color-700: #455638;
--color-800: #2F3928;
--color-900: #1E241A;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
fern-green: {
50: '#F7FAF4',
100: '#EAF3E3',
200: '#D4E5C7',
300: '#B4CFA0',
400: '#95B87A',
500: '#769B5A',
600: '#5E784A',
700: '#455638',
800: '#2F3928',
900: '#1E241A',
},
}
$base: #577D39; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F7FAF4; $base-100: #EAF3E3; $base-200: #D4E5C7; $base-300: #B4CFA0; $base-400: #95B87A; $base-500: #769B5A; $base-600: #5E784A; $base-700: #455638; $base-800: #2F3928; $base-900: #1E241A; $base-hover: #46652E; $base-subtle: #CCDCC0;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#577D39",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F7FAF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EAF3E3",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D4E5C7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#B4CFA0",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#95B87A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#769B5A",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#5E784A",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#455638",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2F3928",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1E241A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}