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#bfd892

a light, vivid green · neutral · closest name: Pale Goldenrod

Token name suggestion: Drift Fern

RGB
191, 216, 146
HSL
81°, 47%, 71%
CMYK
12, 0, 32, 15
Luminance
0.6226

#bfd892 is a light vivid green, 81° on the wheel and 43/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (13.45:1). As text it scores 1.56:1 on white — use #62802E instead. Nearest name is Pale Goldenrod, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(81 47% 71%)rgb(191 216 146)Base step 400AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #bfd892 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#bfd892
Hue
81°
green
Saturation
47%
vivid
Lightness
71%
light
Brightness
85%
HSV value
Perceived
79%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6226
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
43/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
13.45:1
Closest name
Pale Goldenrod
ΔE2000 9.6
Chroma
37.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.847
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 13.9
Web-safe
#CCCC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue81° of 360°
Saturation47%
Lightness71%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #bfd892.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool43% 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
Red18%
Green79%
Blue3%

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

Every format

HEX#bfd892
HEX (8-digit)#bfd892ff
RGBrgb(191, 216, 146)
RGBArgba(191, 216, 146, 1)
HSLhsl(81, 47%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(81, 32%, 85%)
HWBhwb(81 57% 15%)
CMYKcmyk(12%, 0%, 32%, 15%)
LABlab(83.0 -20.0 31.8)
LCHlch(83.0 37.6 122.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.847 0.096 124.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(51.23, 62.26, 36.51)
Decimal12572818
Display P3color(display-p3 0.749 0.847 0.573)
Web-safe#CCCC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #bfd892;
background-color: #bfd892;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #bfd892;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bfd892] bg-[#bfd892]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bfd892;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.749, green: 0.847, blue: 0.573)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.749, green: 0.847, blue: 0.573, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#BFD892</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFBFD892)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFBFD892)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(146, 216, 191)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(191, 216, 146)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(191, 216, 146)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 191, 216, 146)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7490f, 0.8471f, 0.5725f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{191,216,146}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #bfd892 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #bfd892 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#485E22, #E4EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #bfd892 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: #F1F5EA;
  --brand-200: #E2ECD0;
  --brand-300: #CFE1AC;
  --brand-400: #bfd892;
  --brand-500: #9EC45A;
  --brand-600: #8BB441;
  --brand-700: #749636;
  --brand-800: #5D782B;
  --brand-900: #455823;
  --brand-950: #2B3716;
  --brand: #bfd892;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F8FAF4;
  --brand-border: #DCE9C3;
  --brand-hover: #B0CF78;
  --brand-pressed: #A0C55D;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1E2414;
    --brand-ink: #E4EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F8FAF5',
        100: '#F1F5EA',
        200: '#E2ECD0',
        300: '#CFE1AC',
        400: '#bfd892',
        500: '#9EC45A',
        600: '#8BB441',
        700: '#749636',
        800: '#5D782B',
        900: '#455823',
        950: '#2B3716',
        DEFAULT: '#bfd892',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F8FAF5,
  '100': #F1F5EA,
  '200': #E2ECD0,
  '300': #CFE1AC,
  '400': #bfd892,
  '500': #9EC45A,
  '600': #8BB441,
  '700': #749636,
  '800': #5D782B,
  '900': #455823,
  '950': #2B3716,
);
$brand-base: #bfd892;
$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": "#F1F5EA", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E2ECD0", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#CFE1AC", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#bfd892", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#9EC45A", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#8BB441", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#749636", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#5D782B", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#455823", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2B3716", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #bfd892 · 13.45:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.56:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 13.45:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #bfd892 as text scores 1.56:1 on white and 13.45:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #485E22 at 4.64:1.

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
#62802E · 4.52:1
AA on white−37% L
#62802E
The quick fox
#485E22 · 7.24:1
AAA on white−46% L
#485E22
The quick fox
#bfd892 · 13.45:1
AA on blackalready passes
#bfd892
The quick fox
#bfd892 · 13.45:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#bfd892

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #7A9E38 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
#bfd892 on white: 1.56:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bfd892 on black: 13.45:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #bfd892 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #bfd892.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.56:1AaAa
Slate 501.49:1AaAa
Slate 1001.42:1AaAa
Slate 2001.27:1AaAa
Slate 3001.05:1AaAa
Slate 4001.64:1AaAa
Slate 5003.05:1AaAa
Slate 6004.85:1AaAa
Slate 7006.63:1AaAa
Slate 8009.37:1AaAa
Slate 90011.44:1AaAa
Black13.45:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #E0D08D
deuteranopia · #DCCF95
tritanopia · #C4D1C6

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. #bfd892 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
#F1F5EA
#E2ECD0
#CFE1AC
#bfd892
#9EC45A
#8BB441
#749636
#5D782B
#455823
#2B3716
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F8FAF5Darkest = 950 · #2B3716Text 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 0.024 124.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.038 124.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.058 124.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.075 124.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.089 124.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.096 124.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.096 124.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.090 124.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.081 124.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.067 124.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.053 124.4);
}

Colors that work with #bfd892

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#F8FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#DCE9C3
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#7E9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#3D329A
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#485E22
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F4F8EC
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1E2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#B0CF78
One step down in lightness
Pressed#A0C55D
Two steps down
Disabled#EEF1E9
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#CAE49B
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
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #bfd892

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

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • 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 #485E22
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #7A9E38

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 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-high
  • Weight29/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • 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#AB92D8
Analogous left#D8CE92
Analogous right#9CD892
Split-complement 1#929CD8
Split-complement 2#CE92D8
Triadic 1#92BFD8
Triadic 2#D892BF
Tetradic#92D8CE
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°81°

#bfd892 sits at 81°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red74.9%
Green84.7%
Blue57.3%
R · 0–255
191
0xbf
G · 0–255
216
0xd8
B · 0–255
146
0x92

CMYK percentages

Cyan11.6%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow32.4%
Key (black)15.3%

Total ink coverage is 59%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#bfd892 text on a black background

contrast 13.45:1

Card sample

#bfd892 text on a white background

contrast 1.56:1

Card sample

#bfd892 on grey

1.42:1

#bfd892 on its own surface

1.48:1

#bfd892 on its dark surface

10.21:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bfd892;
Background color
Panel with #bfd892 background
background-color: #bfd892;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bfd892;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(191, 216, 146, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(191, 216, 146, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bfd892;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfd892, #92D894);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bfd892, #92D8A5);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #bfd892;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #bfd892;
caret-color: #bfd892;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #bfd892;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F4F8EC;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #bfd892;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#bfd892 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #bfd892 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, 216, 146, 0.5)
rgb(191 216 146 / 50%)
#bfd89280
hsl(81 47% 71% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #bfd892 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#bfd8921a#F9FBF4
20%#bfd89233#F2F7E9
40%#bfd89266#E5EFD3
60%#bfd89299#D9E8BE
80%#bfd892cc#CCE0A8

Gradients from #bfd892

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, #DAE8BF, #bfd892 45%, #485E22);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #bfd892, #7CD085);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bfd892, #AB92D8);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #E7F0D6 0%, #bfd892 45%, #485E22 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F8FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E5DBB8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #ACE0A9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #485E22 0%, transparent 65%), #bfd892;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bfd892

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.

#bfd892 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 13.45:1.

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.

#bfd892, answered

What color is #bfd892?

#bfd892 is a light vivid green, closest to Pale Goldenrod (ΔE2000 9.6). It sits at 81° on the hue wheel with 47% saturation and 71% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #bfd892?

rgb(191, 216, 146) — 191 red, 216 green and 146 blue out of 255, or 74.9% / 84.7% / 57.3% by channel.

What is #bfd892 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(81, 47%, 71%) and hsv(81, 32%, 85%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #bfd892 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6226 and perceived brightness is 79%, so black text on it reaches 13.45:1.

Should I use black or white text on #bfd892?

Black. It scores 13.45:1 against #bfd892, versus 1.56:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #bfd892 accessible on a white background?

#bfd892 on white scores 1.56:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #62802E to reach 4.5:1, or #485E22 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #bfd892?

#AB92D8 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #929CD8 and #CE92D8, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #bfd892?

For interface work: #F8FAF4 as the surface, #DCE9C3 for borders, #7E9B4B for secondary text, #3D329A as an accent and #485E22 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D8CE92 and #9CD892 stays calm, while #AB92D8 is the loudest partner.

What is #bfd892 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(12%, 0%, 32%, 15%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #bfd892 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 43 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D8D792; nudged cooler, #A5DA91.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #bfd892?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 13.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #bfd892 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #bfd892 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#bfd892] or text-[#bfd892], 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 #bfd892 with 50% opacity?

rgba(191, 216, 146, 0.5), or #bfd89280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DFECC9; over black, #606C49.

Is #bfd892 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCC99, ΔE2000 7.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #bfd892 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 #bfd892?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #DAE8BF, #bfd892 45%, #485E22). For more colour, a short hue run to #7CD085 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #bfd892 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #bfd892 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.