#897867 is a muted, temperate lime green. On the Color Lab it reads with a faded, vintage edge, restrained and easy to live with. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #897867 works with other colors. Named schemes with #897867 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
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 plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
This palette keeps Shadow as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
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 #897867 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 #897867 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #897867;
--color-base-rgb: 137 120 103;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(58.4% 0.033 67.1);
--color-50: #F9F7F6;
--color-100: #EEEBE8;
--color-200: #DCD6D1;
--color-300: #C1B8AF;
--color-400: #A5998D;
--color-500: #877A6E;
--color-600: #6A6158;
--color-700: #4D4742;
--color-800: #34302D;
--color-900: #201F1D;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
shadow: {
50: '#F9F7F6',
100: '#EEEBE8',
200: '#DCD6D1',
300: '#C1B8AF',
400: '#A5998D',
500: '#877A6E',
600: '#6A6158',
700: '#4D4742',
800: '#34302D',
900: '#201F1D',
},
}
$base: #897867; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F9F7F6; $base-100: #EEEBE8; $base-200: #DCD6D1; $base-300: #C1B8AF; $base-400: #A5998D; $base-500: #877A6E; $base-600: #6A6158; $base-700: #4D4742; $base-800: #34302D; $base-900: #201F1D; $base-hover: #6D6052; $base-subtle: #DBD6D2;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#897867",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9F7F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EEEBE8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DCD6D1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C1B8AF",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A5998D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#877A6E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6A6158",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4D4742",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#34302D",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#201F1D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}