#647239 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 #647239 works with other colors. Named schemes with #647239 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Fern Green as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
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 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 leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
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 #647239 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 #647239 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #647239;
--color-base-rgb: 100 114 57;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(52.7% 0.082 120.7);
--color-50: #F9FAF5;
--color-100: #EEF2E3;
--color-200: #DDE4C9;
--color-300: #C2CDA2;
--color-400: #A7B47E;
--color-500: #89975D;
--color-600: #6B754C;
--color-700: #4E553A;
--color-800: #343829;
--color-900: #21231A;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
fern-green: {
50: '#F9FAF5',
100: '#EEF2E3',
200: '#DDE4C9',
300: '#C2CDA2',
400: '#A7B47E',
500: '#89975D',
600: '#6B754C',
700: '#4E553A',
800: '#343829',
900: '#21231A',
},
}
$base: #647239; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F9FAF5; $base-100: #EEF2E3; $base-200: #DDE4C9; $base-300: #C2CDA2; $base-400: #A7B47E; $base-500: #89975D; $base-600: #6B754C; $base-700: #4E553A; $base-800: #343829; $base-900: #21231A; $base-hover: #515C2E; $base-subtle: #D3D9C0;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#647239",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9FAF5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EEF2E3",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DDE4C9",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C2CDA2",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A7B47E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#89975D",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6B754C",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4E553A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#343829",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#21231A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}