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#bfd294

a light, soft green · warm · closest name: Pale Goldenrod

Token name suggestion: Morning Jade

RGB
191, 210, 148
HSL
78°, 41%, 70%
CMYK
9, 0, 30, 18
Luminance
0.5931

#bfd294 is a light soft green, 78° on the wheel and 40/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.86:1). As text it scores 1.63:1 on white — use #687E35 instead. Nearest name is Pale Goldenrod, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(78 41% 70%)rgb(191 210 148)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #bfd294 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#bfd294
Hue
78°
green
Saturation
41%
soft
Lightness
70%
light
Brightness
82%
HSV value
Perceived
78%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5931
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
40/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
12.86:1
Closest name
Pale Goldenrod
ΔE2000 9.3
Chroma
33.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.834
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 15
Web-safe
#CCCC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue78° of 360°
Saturation41%
Lightness70%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #bfd294.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool40% cool

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

Luminance by channel
Red19%
Green78%
Blue4%

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

Every format

HEX#bfd294
HEX (8-digit)#bfd294ff
RGBrgb(191, 210, 148)
RGBArgba(191, 210, 148, 1)
HSLhsl(78, 41%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(78, 30%, 82%)
HWBhwb(78 58% 18%)
CMYKcmyk(9%, 0%, 30%, 18%)
LABlab(81.5 -16.8 28.7)
LCHlch(81.5 33.2 120.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.834 0.085 122.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(49.88, 59.31, 36.83)
Decimal12571284
Display P3color(display-p3 0.749 0.824 0.580)
Web-safe#CCCC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #bfd294;
background-color: #bfd294;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #bfd294;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bfd294] bg-[#bfd294]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bfd294;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.749, green: 0.824, blue: 0.580)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.749, green: 0.824, blue: 0.580, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#BFD294</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFBFD294)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFBFD294)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(148, 210, 191)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(191, 210, 148)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(191, 210, 148)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 191, 210, 148)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7490f, 0.8235f, 0.5804f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{191,210,148}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #bfd294 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #bfd294 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#4A5A26, #E5EDD4);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #bfd294 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: #F8FAF5;
  --brand-100: #F2F5EB;
  --brand-200: #E2EAD2;
  --brand-300: #D0DEB0;
  --brand-400: #bfd294;
  --brand-500: #A1BD61;
  --brand-600: #8EAC48;
  --brand-700: #76903C;
  --brand-800: #5E7330;
  --brand-900: #465426;
  --brand-950: #2C3518;
  --brand: #bfd294;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9FAF4;
  --brand-border: #DDE7C6;
  --brand-hover: #B0C77B;
  --brand-pressed: #A1BD62;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1F2414;
    --brand-ink: #E5EDD4;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F8FAF5',
        100: '#F2F5EB',
        200: '#E2EAD2',
        300: '#D0DEB0',
        400: '#bfd294',
        500: '#A1BD61',
        600: '#8EAC48',
        700: '#76903C',
        800: '#5E7330',
        900: '#465426',
        950: '#2C3518',
        DEFAULT: '#bfd294',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F8FAF5,
  '100': #F2F5EB,
  '200': #E2EAD2,
  '300': #D0DEB0,
  '400': #bfd294,
  '500': #A1BD61,
  '600': #8EAC48,
  '700': #76903C,
  '800': #5E7330,
  '900': #465426,
  '950': #2C3518,
);
$brand-base: #bfd294;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F8FAF5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F2F5EB", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E2EAD2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#D0DEB0", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#bfd294", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#A1BD61", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#8EAC48", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#76903C", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#5E7330", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#465426", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2C3518", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #bfd294 · 12.86:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.63:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.86:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #bfd294 as text scores 1.63:1 on white and 12.86:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #4A5A26 at 4.62:1.

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
#687E35 · 4.54:1
AA on white−35% L
#687E35
The quick fox
#4D5E28 · 7.13:1
AAA on white−44% L
#4D5E28
The quick fox
#bfd294 · 12.86:1
AA on blackalready passes
#bfd294
The quick fox
#bfd294 · 12.86:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#bfd294

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #829F43 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
#bfd294 on white: 1.63:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bfd294 on black: 12.86:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #bfd294 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #bfd294.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.63:1AaAa
Slate 501.56:1AaAa
Slate 1001.49:1AaAa
Slate 2001.32:1AaAa
Slate 3001.10:1AaAa
Slate 4001.57:1AaAa
Slate 5002.91:1AaAa
Slate 6004.64:1AaAa
Slate 7006.34:1AaAa
Slate 8008.96:1AaAa
Slate 90010.93:1AaAa
Black12.86:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D9CB90
deuteranopia · #D7CA97
tritanopia · #C4CCC2

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. #bfd294 is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F8FAF5
#F2F5EB
#E2EAD2
#D0DEB0
#bfd294
#A1BD61
#8EAC48
#76903C
#5E7330
#465426
#2C3518
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F8FAF5Darkest = 950 · #2C3518Text 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 0.021 122.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.034 122.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.051 122.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.066 122.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.078 122.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.085 122.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.085 122.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.080 122.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.071 122.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.059 122.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.047 122.1);
}

Colors that work with #bfd294

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#F9FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#DDE7C6
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#829B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#3E3894
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#4A5A26
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F4F7ED
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1F2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#B0C77B
One step down in lightness
Pressed#A1BD62
Two steps down
Disabled#EDEFE7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#CADF9C
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 #bfd294

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

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • White 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
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #4A5A26
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #829F43

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.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

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

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight30/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

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#A794D2
Analogous left#D2C694
Analogous right#A0D294
Split-complement 1#94A0D2
Split-complement 2#C694D2
Triadic 1#94BFD2
Triadic 2#D294BF
Tetradic#94D2C6
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°78°

#bfd294 sits at 78°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red74.9%
Green82.4%
Blue58.0%
R · 0–255
191
0xbf
G · 0–255
210
0xd2
B · 0–255
148
0x94

CMYK percentages

Cyan9.0%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow29.5%
Key (black)17.6%

Total ink coverage is 56%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#bfd294 text on a black background

contrast 12.86:1

Card sample

#bfd294 text on a white background

contrast 1.63:1

Card sample

#bfd294 on grey

1.49:1

#bfd294 on its own surface

1.56:1

#bfd294 on its dark surface

9.74:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bfd294;
Background color
Panel with #bfd294 background
background-color: #bfd294;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bfd294;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(191, 210, 148, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(191, 210, 148, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bfd294;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfd294, #96D294);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bfd294, #94D2A2);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #bfd294;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #bfd294;
caret-color: #bfd294;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #bfd294;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F4F7ED;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #bfd294;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#bfd294 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #bfd294 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(191, 210, 148, 0.5)
rgb(191 210 148 / 50%)
#bfd29480
hsl(78 41% 70% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #bfd294 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#bfd2941a#F9FBF4
20%#bfd29433#F2F6EA
40%#bfd29466#E5EDD4
60%#bfd29499#D9E4BF
80%#bfd294cc#CCDBA9

Gradients from #bfd294

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, #D9E4BF, #bfd294 45%, #4A5A26);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #bfd294, #7EC983);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bfd294, #A794D2);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #E6EDD5 0%, #bfd294 45%, #4A5A26 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E1D6B8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #AFDBAA 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #4A5A26 0%, transparent 65%), #bfd294;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bfd294

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.

#bfd294 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
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
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 12.86:1.

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.

#bfd294, answered

What color is #bfd294?

#bfd294 is a light soft green, closest to Pale Goldenrod (ΔE2000 9.3). It sits at 78° on the hue wheel with 41% saturation and 70% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #bfd294?

rgb(191, 210, 148) — 191 red, 210 green and 148 blue out of 255, or 74.9% / 82.4% / 58% by channel.

What is #bfd294 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(78, 41%, 70%) and hsv(78, 30%, 82%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #bfd294 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5931 and perceived brightness is 78%, so black text on it reaches 12.86:1.

Should I use black or white text on #bfd294?

Black. It scores 12.86:1 against #bfd294, versus 1.63:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #bfd294 accessible on a white background?

#bfd294 on white scores 1.63:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #687E35 to reach 4.5:1, or #4D5E28 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #bfd294?

#A794D2 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #94A0D2 and #C694D2, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #bfd294?

For interface work: #F9FAF4 as the surface, #DDE7C6 for borders, #829B4B for secondary text, #3E3894 as an accent and #4A5A26 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D2C694 and #A0D294 stays calm, while #A794D2 is the loudest partner.

What is #bfd294 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(9%, 0%, 30%, 18%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #bfd294 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 40 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D2CE94; nudged cooler, #A8D492.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #bfd294?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 15 away. That is a visible difference, so define #bfd294 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #bfd294 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#bfd294] or text-[#bfd294], 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 #bfd294 with 50% opacity?

rgba(191, 210, 148, 0.5), or #bfd29480 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DFE9CA; over black, #60694A.

Is #bfd294 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCC99, ΔE2000 5.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #bfd294 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 moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #bfd294?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #D9E4BF, #bfd294 45%, #4A5A26). For more colour, a short hue run to #7EC983 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #bfd294 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #bfd294 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.