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Moss green
A True Autumn color
Moss green
anchor color 4 of 10 in True Autumn. Also called Warm Autumn in other systems.
By Kathleen Olsen · Updated November 11, 2026
- Hex
- #6B7A3A
- RGB
- 107, 122, 58
- HSL
- 74°, 36%, 35%
Moss green is a yellow-green with enough depth to read as earthy rather than bright. It is anchor color four in the True Autumn palette and the green the season is most often photographed in. Warmer and clearer than Soft Autumn's soft olive, which is the color it gets mistaken for most.
Where it sits
Moss green is an anchor color in True Autumn. The nearest color on the same side of the warm–cool line is Soft olive #82784E, a Soft Autumn color, at a distance of 16: close enough to mistake for it on a hanger, far enough to tell apart on a person.
True Autumn is warm, muted, and medium-deep, and moss green is all three with the emphasis on warm. The yellow in it is what makes it work. Against a True Autumn's golden undertone it reads as rich. Against cool skin it reads as the color of a pond. There is no cool season that can borrow it, which makes it a useful test.
Within the warm seasons it is less shared than most. Soft Autumn's soft olive is sixteen points away and greyer, and a Soft Autumn would do better in that. Dark Autumn's dark olive is twenty-five points away and much darker. Soft Autumn's sage green is twenty-four points away and lighter. Moss sits in the middle of the group, and each neighbour is far enough that the difference shows.
Hex values for greens drift more than most. Moss is sold as olive, army green, khaki green, and fern, and any of those names can be this color or one of its neighbours. The test is yellow: moss has more of it than olive and less than chartreuse. If a green looks like it would blend into a hedge, it is probably moss. If it looks like it would blend into a uniform, it is olive.
Easily confused with
Soft Autumn's soft olive is the near-neighbour at sixteen points, greyer and softer, and the one most often sold under the same name. Dark Autumn's dark olive is further and darker. None of the cool seasons has a green anywhere near it, so the confusion is all within the Autumns and it is a matter of how much grey is in the green.
The nearest named colors in other seasons, by perceptual distance (ΔE in CIELAB; under 10 is hard to tell apart on a screen, over 25 is a different color).
Soft olive #82784E
Soft Autumn anchor · ΔE 16
Sage green #9CA07E
Soft Autumn anchor · ΔE 24
Dark olive #4B4A2A
Dark Autumn anchor · ΔE 25
Camel #B08D57
Soft Autumn anchor · ΔE 26
Aged brass #A67C2E
Dark Autumn anchor · ΔE 29
Camel #C29A5B
Bright Spring neutral · ΔE 30
In stock in this color today
As of November 11, 2026, 31 in-stock pieces across Boden, STAUD, Frank & Eileen and Marine Layer sample within a close match of #6B7A3A. The dot on each card is the color we sampled from the garment itself; trust it over the photograph. Links are affiliate links: we earn a commission when you buy through them, at no cost to you.
What it's sold as
Retailers almost never use the palette name. These are the color names on the in-stock pieces that sample within a close match of #6B7A3A today, so they are the words to search for.
- Boden
- Forest Green, Ochre Green, Chive, Cardamon Seed, Brunswick Green, Cardamom Seed
- STAUD
- Pear, Martini, Still Life, Pesto
- Frank & Eileen
- Woodland
- Marine Layer
- Dark Olive
A retailer's name for a color says nothing about its undertone. "Navy" at one shop is a True Winter color and at another a Spring one. The sampled dot on each card above is what we trust.
Questions
Is moss green a True Autumn color?
Yes. Moss green (#6B7A3A) is an anchor color in the True Autumn palette. No other palette on the same side of the warm–cool line has a color near it, which makes it a reliable test for the season.
Can a Soft Autumn wear moss green?
Soft Autumn's own soft olive is sixteen points away and greyer, which suits the season better. Moss green on a Soft Autumn reads a little strong, as if the color were doing more than the person. Soft olive is the quieter version.
Can a Dark Autumn wear moss green?
Yes, as a lighter alternative to their own dark olive, which is twenty-five points darker. Moss green on a Dark Autumn reads a shade light for the season's depth. It works better as a layering color than as the main one.
Is moss green the same as olive?
No, though shops use the names interchangeably. Olive has more grey and often more brown; moss has more yellow and reads greener. RGB 107, 122, 58 has green clearly ahead of red. A true olive would have them closer together.
Which seasons can wear moss green?
True Autumn first, then Dark Autumn and Soft Autumn as neighbours. True Spring can sometimes carry it as a deep accent. No cool season wears it well. It is one of the more reliable tests in the warm family.
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