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#d1eb7c

a light, vivid green · warm · closest name: Khaki

Token name suggestion: Morning Basil

RGB
209, 235, 124
HSL
74°, 74%, 70%
CMYK
11, 0, 47, 8
Luminance
0.7443

#d1eb7c is a light vivid green, 74° on the wheel and 37/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (15.89:1). As text it scores 1.32:1 on white — use #657E13 instead. Nearest name is Khaki, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(74 74% 70%)rgb(209 235 124)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d1eb7c is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d1eb7c
Hue
74°
green
Saturation
74%
vivid
Lightness
70%
light
Brightness
92%
HSV value
Perceived
85%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7443
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
37/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
15.89:1
Closest name
Khaki
ΔE2000 8.6
Chroma
56.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.897
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 12.5
Web-safe
#CCFF66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue74° of 360°
Saturation74%
Lightness70%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d1eb7c.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool37% 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
Red18%
Green80%
Blue2%

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

Every format

HEX#d1eb7c
HEX (8-digit)#d1eb7cff
RGBrgb(209, 235, 124)
RGBArgba(209, 235, 124, 1)
HSLhsl(74, 74%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(74, 47%, 92%)
HWBhwb(74 49% 8%)
CMYKcmyk(11%, 0%, 47%, 8%)
LABlab(89.1 -25.1 50.7)
LCHlch(89.1 56.5 116.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.897 0.140 120.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(59.64, 74.43, 30.29)
Decimal13757308
Display P3color(display-p3 0.820 0.922 0.486)
Web-safe#CCFF66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d1eb7c;
background-color: #d1eb7c;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d1eb7c;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d1eb7c] bg-[#d1eb7c]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d1eb7c;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.820, green: 0.922, blue: 0.486)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.820, green: 0.922, blue: 0.486, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D1EB7C</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD1EB7C)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD1EB7C)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(124, 235, 209)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(209, 235, 124)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(209, 235, 124)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 209, 235, 124)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8196f, 0.9216f, 0.4863f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{209,235,124}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d1eb7c 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d1eb7c 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#596F11, #E8EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d1eb7c 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: #FAFCF3;
  --brand-100: #F4F8E7;
  --brand-200: #E9F3C8;
  --brand-300: #DDF09E;
  --brand-400: #d1eb7c;
  --brand-500: #BBE13C;
  --brand-600: #AAD420;
  --brand-700: #8EB11B;
  --brand-800: #718E16;
  --brand-900: #536714;
  --brand-950: #34400C;
  --brand: #d1eb7c;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9FAF4;
  --brand-border: #E2EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #C6E65D;
  --brand-pressed: #BBE23E;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #212414;
    --brand-ink: #E8EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAFCF3',
        100: '#F4F8E7',
        200: '#E9F3C8',
        300: '#DDF09E',
        400: '#d1eb7c',
        500: '#BBE13C',
        600: '#AAD420',
        700: '#8EB11B',
        800: '#718E16',
        900: '#536714',
        950: '#34400C',
        DEFAULT: '#d1eb7c',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAFCF3,
  '100': #F4F8E7,
  '200': #E9F3C8,
  '300': #DDF09E,
  '400': #d1eb7c,
  '500': #BBE13C,
  '600': #AAD420,
  '700': #8EB11B,
  '800': #718E16,
  '900': #536714,
  '950': #34400C,
);
$brand-base: #d1eb7c;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAFCF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F4F8E7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E9F3C8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#DDF09E", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#d1eb7c", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#BBE13C", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#AAD420", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#8EB11B", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#718E16", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#536714", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#34400C", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #d1eb7c · 15.89:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.32:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.89:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #d1eb7c as text scores 1.32:1 on white and 15.89:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #596F11 at 4.29:1.

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
#657E13 · 4.62:1
AA on white−42% L
#657E13
The quick fox
#4C5F0E · 7.12:1
AAA on white−49% L
#4C5F0E
The quick fox
#d1eb7c · 15.89:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d1eb7c
The quick fox
#d1eb7c · 15.89:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#d1eb7c

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #7D9D18 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
#d1eb7c on white: 1.32:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d1eb7c on black: 15.89:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d1eb7c as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d1eb7c.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.32:1AaAa
Slate 501.26:1AaAa
Slate 1001.21:1AaAa
Slate 2001.07:1AaAa
Slate 3001.12:1AaAa
Slate 4001.94:1AaAa
Slate 5003.60:1AaAa
Slate 6005.73:1AaAa
Slate 7007.83:1AaAa
Slate 80011.07:1AaAa
Slate 90013.50:1AaAa
Black15.89:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F7E072
deuteranopia · #F4E082
tritanopia · #DAE1D1

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. #d1eb7c 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.

#FAFCF3
#F4F8E7
#E9F3C8
#DDF09E
#d1eb7c
#BBE13C
#AAD420
#8EB11B
#718E16
#536714
#34400C
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FAFCF3Darkest = 950 · #34400CText step on white = 900
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 0.035 120.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.056 120.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.084 120.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.109 120.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.129 120.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.140 120.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.140 120.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.132 120.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.118 120.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.098 120.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.077 120.2);
}

Colors that work with #d1eb7c

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#E2EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#889B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#797BEE
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#596F11
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F7FCE9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#212414
Dark-mode background
Hover#C6E65D
One step down in lightness
Pressed#BBE23E
Two steps down
Disabled#EEF0E7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DBF487
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

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #d1eb7c

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 #596F11
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #7D9D18

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
  • 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#967CEB
Analogous left#EBCE7C
Analogous right#99EB7C
Split-complement 1#7C99EB
Split-complement 2#CE7CEB
Triadic 1#7CD1EB
Triadic 2#EB7CD1
Tetradic#7CEBCE
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°74°

#d1eb7c sits at 74°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red82.0%
Green92.2%
Blue48.6%
R · 0–255
209
0xd1
G · 0–255
235
0xeb
B · 0–255
124
0x7c

CMYK percentages

Cyan11.1%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow47.2%
Key (black)7.8%

Total ink coverage is 66%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d1eb7c text on a black background

contrast 15.89:1

Card sample

#d1eb7c text on a white background

contrast 1.32:1

Card sample

#d1eb7c on grey

1.21:1

#d1eb7c on its own surface

1.26:1

#d1eb7c on its dark surface

11.97:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d1eb7c;
Background color
Panel with #d1eb7c background
background-color: #d1eb7c;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d1eb7c;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(209, 235, 124, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(209, 235, 124, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d1eb7c;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d1eb7c, #87EB7C);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d1eb7c, #7CEB8D);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d1eb7c;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d1eb7c;
caret-color: #d1eb7c;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d1eb7c;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F7FCE9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d1eb7c;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d1eb7c 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d1eb7c 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(209, 235, 124, 0.5)
rgb(209 235 124 / 50%)
#d1eb7c80
hsl(74 74% 70% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d1eb7c 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d1eb7c1a#FAFDF2
20%#d1eb7c33#F6FBE5
40%#d1eb7c66#EDF7CB
60%#d1eb7c99#E3F3B0
80%#d1eb7ccc#DAEF96

Gradients from #d1eb7c

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, #E4F3B1, #d1eb7c 45%, #596F11);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d1eb7c, #63E761);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d1eb7c, #967CEB);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #EDF7CC 0%, #d1eb7c 45%, #596F11 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%, #F2D8A8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #A7EF97 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #596F11 0%, transparent 65%), #d1eb7c;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d1eb7c

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.

#d1eb7c 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 15.89:1.

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.

#d1eb7c, answered

What color is #d1eb7c?

#d1eb7c is a light vivid green, closest to Khaki (ΔE2000 8.6). It sits at 74° on the hue wheel with 74% saturation and 70% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #d1eb7c?

rgb(209, 235, 124) — 209 red, 235 green and 124 blue out of 255, or 82% / 92.2% / 48.6% by channel.

What is #d1eb7c in HSL and HSV?

hsl(74, 74%, 70%) and hsv(74, 47%, 92%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d1eb7c a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7443 and perceived brightness is 85%, so black text on it reaches 15.89:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d1eb7c?

Black. It scores 15.89:1 against #d1eb7c, versus 1.32:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #d1eb7c accessible on a white background?

#d1eb7c on white scores 1.32:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #657E13 to reach 4.5:1, or #4C5F0E for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d1eb7c?

#967CEB sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #7C99EB and #CE7CEB, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d1eb7c?

For interface work: #F9FAF4 as the surface, #E2EDC0 for borders, #889B4B for secondary text, #797BEE as an accent and #596F11 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EBCE7C and #99EB7C stays calm, while #967CEB is the loudest partner.

What is #d1eb7c in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(11%, 0%, 47%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #d1eb7c warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 37 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EBDC7C; nudged cooler, #A8ED7B.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d1eb7c?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 12.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d1eb7c as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d1eb7c in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d1eb7c] or text-[#d1eb7c], 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 #d1eb7c with 50% opacity?

rgba(209, 235, 124, 0.5), or #d1eb7c80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E8F5BE; over black, #69763E.

Is #d1eb7c a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFF66, ΔE2000 6.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d1eb7c 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 #d1eb7c?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E4F3B1, #d1eb7c 45%, #596F11). For more colour, a short hue run to #63E761 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d1eb7c in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d1eb7c at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.