#5A6728 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 #5A6728 works with other colors. Named schemes with #5A6728 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Dark Olive Green as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Dark Olive 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.
Dark Olive 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.
Dark Olive Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Dark Olive 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 Dark Olive Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #5A6728 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 #5A6728 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #5A6728;
--color-base-rgb: 90 103 40;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(48.8% 0.089 119.6);
--color-50: #FAFBF4;
--color-100: #F0F4E1;
--color-200: #E1E8C4;
--color-300: #C9D49B;
--color-400: #AFBD75;
--color-500: #92A154;
--color-600: #717C46;
--color-700: #525936;
--color-800: #373B26;
--color-900: #222519;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
dark-olive-green: {
50: '#FAFBF4',
100: '#F0F4E1',
200: '#E1E8C4',
300: '#C9D49B',
400: '#AFBD75',
500: '#92A154',
600: '#717C46',
700: '#525936',
800: '#373B26',
900: '#222519',
},
}
$base: #5A6728; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FAFBF4; $base-100: #F0F4E1; $base-200: #E1E8C4; $base-300: #C9D49B; $base-400: #AFBD75; $base-500: #92A154; $base-600: #717C46; $base-700: #525936; $base-800: #373B26; $base-900: #222519; $base-hover: #485220; $base-subtle: #D3DAB6;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#5A6728",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FAFBF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F0F4E1",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E1E8C4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C9D49B",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#AFBD75",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#92A154",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#717C46",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#525936",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#373B26",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#222519",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}