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#548d2f

a dark, vivid green · neutral · closest name: Olive Drab

Token name suggestion: Slate Moss

RGB
84, 141, 47
HSL
96°, 50%, 37%
CMYK
40, 0, 67, 45
Luminance
0.2114

#548d2f is a dark vivid green, 96° on the wheel and 53/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (5.23:1). As text it scores 4.02:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Olive Drab, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(96 50% 37%)rgb(84 141 47)Base step 700AA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #548d2f is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#548d2f
Hue
96°
green
Saturation
50%
vivid
Lightness
37%
dark
Brightness
55%
HSV value
Perceived
46%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2114
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
53/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
5.23:1
Closest name
Olive Drab
ΔE2000 5.3
Chroma
55.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.584
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 17.4
Web-safe
#669933
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue96° of 360°
Saturation50%
Lightness37%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #548d2f.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool53% cool

Reads neutral. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red9%
Green90%
Blue1%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#548d2f
HEX (8-digit)#548d2fff
RGBrgb(84, 141, 47)
RGBArgba(84, 141, 47, 1)
HSLhsl(96, 50%, 37%)
HSV / HSBhsv(96, 67%, 55%)
HWBhwb(96 18% 45%)
CMYKcmyk(40%, 0%, 67%, 45%)
LABlab(53.1 -35.7 42.8)
LCHlch(53.1 55.8 129.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.584 0.140 135.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(13.69, 21.14, 6.05)
Decimal5541167
Display P3color(display-p3 0.329 0.553 0.184)
Web-safe#669933

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #548d2f;
background-color: #548d2f;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #548d2f;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#548d2f] bg-[#548d2f]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #548d2f;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.329, green: 0.553, blue: 0.184)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.329, green: 0.553, blue: 0.184, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#548D2F</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF548D2F)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF548D2F)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(47, 141, 84)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(84, 141, 47)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(84, 141, 47)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 84, 141, 47)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.3294f, 0.5529f, 0.1843f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{84,141,47}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #548d2f 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #548d2f 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#396020, #DDEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #548d2f h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F7FAF4;
  --brand-100: #EEF6EA;
  --brand-200: #DBECCF;
  --brand-300: #C1E3AB;
  --brand-400: #A2D581;
  --brand-500: #83C757;
  --brand-600: #6DB83D;
  --brand-700: #548d2f;
  --brand-800: #497A29;
  --brand-900: #375921;
  --brand-950: #223815;
  --brand: #548d2f;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F7FAF4;
  --brand-border: #D2EBC2;
  --brand-hover: #447226;
  --brand-pressed: #34581D;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1A2414;
    --brand-ink: #DDEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F7FAF4',
        100: '#EEF6EA',
        200: '#DBECCF',
        300: '#C1E3AB',
        400: '#A2D581',
        500: '#83C757',
        600: '#6DB83D',
        700: '#548d2f',
        800: '#497A29',
        900: '#375921',
        950: '#223815',
        DEFAULT: '#548d2f',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F7FAF4,
  '100': #EEF6EA,
  '200': #DBECCF,
  '300': #C1E3AB,
  '400': #A2D581,
  '500': #83C757,
  '600': #6DB83D,
  '700': #548d2f,
  '800': #497A29,
  '900': #375921,
  '950': #223815,
);
$brand-base: #548d2f;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F7FAF4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EEF6EA", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#DBECCF", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#C1E3AB", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#A2D581", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#83C757", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#6DB83D", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#548d2f", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#497A29", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#375921", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#223815", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #548d2f · 5.23:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.02:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 5.23:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #548d2f as text scores 4.02:1 on white and 5.23:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #396020 at 1.82:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#4D822B · 4.62:1
AA on white−3% L
#4D822B
The quick fox
#3B6321 · 7.02:1
AAA on white−11% L
#3B6321
The quick fox
#548d2f · 5.23:1
AA on blackalready passes
#548d2f
The quick fox
#64A838 · 7.20:1
AAA on black+7% L
#64A838

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #548D2F is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#548d2f on white: 4.02:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#548d2f on black: 5.23:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #548d2f as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #548d2f.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.02:1AaAa
Slate 503.84:1AaAa
Slate 1003.67:1AaAa
Slate 2003.26:1AaAa
Slate 3002.71:1AaAa
Slate 4001.57:1AaAa
Slate 5001.18:1AaAa
Slate 6001.89:1AaAa
Slate 7002.58:1AaAa
Slate 8003.64:1AaAa
Slate 9004.44:1AaAa
Black5.23:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #928223
deuteranopia · #8A7D37
tritanopia · #53887A

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #548d2f is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F7FAF4
#EEF6EA
#DBECCF
#C1E3AB
#A2D581
#83C757
#6DB83D
#548d2f
#497A29
#375921
#223815
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #F7FAF4Darkest = 950 · #223815Text step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.035 135.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.056 135.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.084 135.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.109 135.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.129 135.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.140 135.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.140 135.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.132 135.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.118 135.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.098 135.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.077 135.3);
}

Colors that work with #548d2f

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F7FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#D2EBC2
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#6A9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#502B91
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#396020
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F1F9EC
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1A2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#447226
One step down in lightness
Pressed#34581D
Two steps down
Disabled#91AD7F
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#5BA72A
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #548d2f

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Headings from 24px up on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #396020
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight63/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#682F8D
Analogous left#838D2F
Analogous right#2F8D39
Split-complement 1#392F8D
Split-complement 2#8D2F83
Triadic 1#2F548D
Triadic 2#8D2F54
Tetradic#2F838D
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°96°

#548d2f sits at 96°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red32.9%
Green55.3%
Blue18.4%
R · 0–255
84
0x54
G · 0–255
141
0x8d
B · 0–255
47
0x2f

CMYK percentages

Cyan40.4%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow66.7%
Key (black)44.7%

Total ink coverage is 152%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#548d2f text on a black background

contrast 5.23:1

Card sample

#548d2f text on a white background

contrast 4.02:1

Card sample

#548d2f on grey

3.67:1

#548d2f on its own surface

3.81:1

#548d2f on its dark surface

4.00:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #548d2f;
Background color
Panel with #548d2f background
background-color: #548d2f;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #548d2f;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(84, 141, 47, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(84, 141, 47, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #548d2f;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #548d2f, #2F8D49);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #548d2f, #2F8D60);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #548d2f;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #548d2f;
caret-color: #548d2f;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #548d2f;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F1F9EC;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #548d2f;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#548d2f 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #548d2f over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(84, 141, 47, 0.5)
rgb(84 141 47 / 50%)
#548d2f80
hsl(96 50% 37% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #548d2f 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#548d2f1a#EEF4EA
20%#548d2f33#DDE8D5
40%#548d2f66#BBD1AC
60%#548d2f99#98BB82
80%#548d2fcc#76A459

Gradients from #548d2f

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6FBB3E, #548d2f 45%, #396020);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #548d2f, #277644);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #548d2f, #682F8D);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #80C552 0%, #548d2f 45%, #396020 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F7FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #B1B33C 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #37A44B 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #396020 0%, transparent 65%), #548d2f;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #548d2f

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#548d2f in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 5.23:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#548d2f, answered

What color is #548d2f?

#548d2f is a dark vivid green, closest to Olive Drab (ΔE2000 5.3). It sits at 96° on the hue wheel with 50% saturation and 37% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #548d2f?

rgb(84, 141, 47) — 84 red, 141 green and 47 blue out of 255, or 32.9% / 55.3% / 18.4% by channel.

What is #548d2f in HSL and HSV?

hsl(96, 50%, 37%) and hsv(96, 67%, 55%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #548d2f a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2114 and perceived brightness is 46%, so black text on it reaches 5.23:1.

Should I use black or white text on #548d2f?

Black. It scores 5.23:1 against #548d2f, versus 4.02:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #548d2f accessible on a white background?

#548d2f on white scores 4.02:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #4D822B to reach 4.5:1, or #3B6321 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #548d2f?

#682F8D sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #392F8D and #8D2F83, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #548d2f?

For interface work: #F7FAF4 as the surface, #D2EBC2 for borders, #6A9B4B for secondary text, #502B91 as an accent and #396020 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #838D2F and #2F8D39 stays calm, while #682F8D is the loudest partner.

What is #548d2f in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(40%, 0%, 67%, 45%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #548d2f warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 53 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #778D2F; nudged cooler, #308F2D.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #548d2f?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 17.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #548d2f as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #548d2f in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#548d2f] or text-[#548d2f], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #548d2f with 50% opacity?

rgba(84, 141, 47, 0.5), or #548d2f80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #AAC697; over black, #2A4718.

Is #548d2f a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #669933, ΔE2000 4.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #548d2f mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #548d2f?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #6FBB3E, #548d2f 45%, #396020). For more colour, a short hue run to #277644 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #548d2f in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #548d2f at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.