#798263 is a muted, 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 #798263 works with other colors. Named schemes with #798263 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Shadow leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Shadow plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Shadow 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.
Shadow sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Shadow 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 Shadow carrying the quiet middle.
How #798263 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 #798263 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #798263;
--color-base-rgb: 121 130 99;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(59.0% 0.047 121.0);
--color-50: #F8F9F6;
--color-100: #ECEEE8;
--color-200: #D9DCD1;
--color-300: #BCC1AF;
--color-400: #9EA58D;
--color-500: #80876E;
--color-600: #656A58;
--color-700: #4A4D42;
--color-800: #32342D;
--color-900: #1F201D;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
shadow: {
50: '#F8F9F6',
100: '#ECEEE8',
200: '#D9DCD1',
300: '#BCC1AF',
400: '#9EA58D',
500: '#80876E',
600: '#656A58',
700: '#4A4D42',
800: '#32342D',
900: '#1F201D',
},
}
$base: #798263; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F8F9F6; $base-100: #ECEEE8; $base-200: #D9DCD1; $base-300: #BCC1AF; $base-400: #9EA58D; $base-500: #80876E; $base-600: #656A58; $base-700: #4A4D42; $base-800: #32342D; $base-900: #1F201D; $base-hover: #61694F; $base-subtle: #D7D9D0;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#798263",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8F9F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#ECEEE8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D9DCD1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#BCC1AF",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#9EA58D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#80876E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#656A58",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4A4D42",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#32342D",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1F201D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}