#ABB484 is a soft, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #ABB484 works with other colors. Named schemes with #ABB484 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Sage as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Sage 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.
Sage leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Sage holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Sage 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 Sage carrying the quiet middle.
How #ABB484 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 #ABB484 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #ABB484;
--color-base-rgb: 171 180 132;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(75.1% 0.066 116.7);
--color-50: #F9F9F5;
--color-100: #EEF0E5;
--color-200: #DCE0CC;
--color-300: #C1C7A8;
--color-400: #A6AD85;
--color-500: #889065;
--color-600: #6A7052;
--color-700: #4E513E;
--color-800: #34362B;
--color-900: #21221B;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
sage: {
50: '#F9F9F5',
100: '#EEF0E5',
200: '#DCE0CC',
300: '#C1C7A8',
400: '#A6AD85',
500: '#889065',
600: '#6A7052',
700: '#4E513E',
800: '#34362B',
900: '#21221B',
},
}
$base: #ABB484; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F9F9F5; $base-100: #EEF0E5; $base-200: #DCE0CC; $base-300: #C1C7A8; $base-400: #A6AD85; $base-500: #889065; $base-600: #6A7052; $base-700: #4E513E; $base-800: #34362B; $base-900: #21221B; $base-hover: #8F9A5F; $base-subtle: #E5E7DC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#ABB484",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9F9F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EEF0E5",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DCE0CC",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C1C7A8",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A6AD85",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#889065",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6A7052",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4E513E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#34362B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#21221B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}