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#d4fba9

a light, electric green · neutral · closest name: Pale Green

Token name suggestion: Linen Basil

RGB
212, 251, 169
HSL
89°, 91%, 82%
CMYK
16, 0, 33, 2
Luminance
0.8586

#d4fba9 is a light electric green, 89° on the wheel and 49/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (18.17:1). As text it scores 1.16:1 on white — use #468106 instead. Nearest name is Pale Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(89 91% 82%)rgb(212 251 169)Base step 300AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d4fba9 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d4fba9
Hue
89°
green
Saturation
91%
electric
Lightness
82%
light
Brightness
98%
HSV value
Perceived
91%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8586
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
49/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
18.17:1
Closest name
Pale Green
ΔE2000 8.7
Chroma
44.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.941
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 16.7
Web-safe
#CCFF99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue89° of 360°
Saturation91%
Lightness82%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d4fba9.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool49% 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
Red16%
Green80%
Blue3%

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

Every format

HEX#d4fba9
HEX (8-digit)#d4fba9ff
RGBrgb(212, 251, 169)
RGBArgba(212, 251, 169, 1)
HSLhsl(89, 91%, 82%)
HSV / HSBhsv(89, 33%, 98%)
HWBhwb(89 66% 2%)
CMYKcmyk(16%, 0%, 33%, 2%)
LABlab(94.3 -26.3 35.3)
LCHlch(94.3 44.0 126.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.941 0.113 129.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(68.81, 85.86, 50.47)
Decimal13958057
Display P3color(display-p3 0.831 0.984 0.663)
Web-safe#CCFF99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d4fba9;
background-color: #d4fba9;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d4fba9;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d4fba9] bg-[#d4fba9]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d4fba9;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.831, green: 0.984, blue: 0.663)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.831, green: 0.984, blue: 0.663, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D4FBA9</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD4FBA9)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD4FBA9)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(169, 251, 212)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(212, 251, 169)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(212, 251, 169)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 212, 251, 169)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8314f, 0.9843f, 0.6627f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{212,251,169}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d4fba9 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d4fba9 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#437A06, #E1EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d4fba9 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: #F8FDF2;
  --brand-100: #F0FBE5;
  --brand-200: #DFF9C3;
  --brand-300: #d4fba9;
  --brand-400: #AFF85E;
  --brand-500: #94F529;
  --brand-600: #80EA0B;
  --brand-700: #6BC309;
  --brand-800: #559C07;
  --brand-900: #40700A;
  --brand-950: #284606;
  --brand: #d4fba9;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F8FAF4;
  --brand-border: #D7EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #C3F987;
  --brand-pressed: #B2F865;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1C2414;
    --brand-ink: #E1EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F8FDF2',
        100: '#F0FBE5',
        200: '#DFF9C3',
        300: '#d4fba9',
        400: '#AFF85E',
        500: '#94F529',
        600: '#80EA0B',
        700: '#6BC309',
        800: '#559C07',
        900: '#40700A',
        950: '#284606',
        DEFAULT: '#d4fba9',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F8FDF2,
  '100': #F0FBE5,
  '200': #DFF9C3,
  '300': #d4fba9,
  '400': #AFF85E,
  '500': #94F529,
  '600': #80EA0B,
  '700': #6BC309,
  '800': #559C07,
  '900': #40700A,
  '950': #284606,
);
$brand-base: #d4fba9;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F8FDF2", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F0FBE5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#DFF9C3", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#d4fba9", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#AFF85E", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#94F529", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#80EA0B", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#6BC309", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#559C07", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#40700A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#284606", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #d4fba9 · 18.17:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.16:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 18.17:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #d4fba9 as text scores 1.16:1 on white and 18.17:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #437A06 at 4.51:1.

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
#468106 · 4.77:1
AA on white−56% L
#468106
The quick fox
#366305 · 7.13:1
AAA on white−62% L
#366305
The quick fox
#d4fba9 · 18.17:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d4fba9
The quick fox
#d4fba9 · 18.17:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#d4fba9

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #59A308 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
#d4fba9 on white: 1.16:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d4fba9 on black: 18.17:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d4fba9 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d4fba9.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.16:1AaAa
Slate 501.10:1AaAa
Slate 1001.05:1AaAa
Slate 2001.07:1AaAa
Slate 3001.28:1AaAa
Slate 4002.22:1AaAa
Slate 5004.12:1AaAa
Slate 6006.56:1AaAa
Slate 7008.96:1AaAa
Slate 80012.66:1AaAa
Slate 90015.45:1AaAa
Black18.17:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FFF0A3
deuteranopia · #FDEEAD
tritanopia · #D7F4E6

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. #d4fba9 is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F8FDF2
#F0FBE5
#DFF9C3
#d4fba9
#AFF85E
#94F529
#80EA0B
#6BC309
#559C07
#40700A
#284606
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F8FDF2Darkest = 950 · #284606Text 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 0.028 129.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.045 129.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.068 129.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.088 129.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.104 129.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.113 129.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.113 129.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.107 129.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.095 129.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.079 129.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.062 129.0);
}

Colors that work with #d4fba9

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#D7EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#759B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#3204C8
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#437A06
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F3FEE7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1C2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#C3F987
One step down in lightness
Pressed#B2F865
Two steps down
Disabled#F5F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DEFFBA
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 #d4fba9

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 #437A06
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #59A308

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.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. 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
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight18/100
  • 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#D0A9FB
Analogous left#FBF9A9
Analogous right#ABFBA9
Split-complement 1#A9ABFB
Split-complement 2#F9A9FB
Triadic 1#A9D4FB
Triadic 2#FBA9D4
Tetradic#A9FBF9
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°89°

#d4fba9 sits at 89°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red83.1%
Green98.4%
Blue66.3%
R · 0–255
212
0xd4
G · 0–255
251
0xfb
B · 0–255
169
0xa9

CMYK percentages

Cyan15.5%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow32.7%
Key (black)1.6%

Total ink coverage is 50%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d4fba9 text on a black background

contrast 18.17:1

Card sample

#d4fba9 text on a white background

contrast 1.16:1

Card sample

#d4fba9 on grey

1.05:1

#d4fba9 on its own surface

1.10:1

#d4fba9 on its dark surface

13.85:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d4fba9;
Background color
Panel with #d4fba9 background
background-color: #d4fba9;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d4fba9;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(212, 251, 169, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(212, 251, 169, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d4fba9;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d4fba9, #A9FBB5);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d4fba9, #A9FBC9);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d4fba9;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d4fba9;
caret-color: #d4fba9;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d4fba9;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F3FEE7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d4fba9;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d4fba9 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d4fba9 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(212, 251, 169, 0.5)
rgb(212 251 169 / 50%)
#d4fba980
hsl(89 91% 82% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d4fba9 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d4fba91a#FBFFF6
20%#d4fba933#F6FEEE
40%#d4fba966#EEFDDD
60%#d4fba999#E5FDCB
80%#d4fba9cc#DDFCBA

Gradients from #d4fba9

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, #F1FEE4, #d4fba9 45%, #437A06);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d4fba9, #8CFAA5);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d4fba9, #D0A9FB);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F8FEF0 0%, #d4fba9 45%, #437A06 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%, #FDF9DA 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #C6FCCA 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #437A06 0%, transparent 65%), #d4fba9;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d4fba9

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.

#d4fba9 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

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Very light values are indistinguishable from white on a dim phone screen outdoors. Give it a border if the boundary matters.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 18.17:1.

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.

#d4fba9, answered

What color is #d4fba9?

#d4fba9 is a light electric green, closest to Pale Green (ΔE2000 8.7). It sits at 89° on the hue wheel with 91% saturation and 82% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #d4fba9?

rgb(212, 251, 169) — 212 red, 251 green and 169 blue out of 255, or 83.1% / 98.4% / 66.3% by channel.

What is #d4fba9 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(89, 91%, 82%) and hsv(89, 33%, 98%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d4fba9 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8586 and perceived brightness is 91%, so black text on it reaches 18.17:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d4fba9?

Black. It scores 18.17:1 against #d4fba9, versus 1.16:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #d4fba9 accessible on a white background?

#d4fba9 on white scores 1.16:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #468106 to reach 4.5:1, or #366305 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d4fba9?

#D0A9FB sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #A9ABFB and #F9A9FB, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d4fba9?

For interface work: #F8FAF4 as the surface, #D7EDC0 for borders, #759B4B for secondary text, #3204C8 as an accent and #437A06 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FBF9A9 and #ABFBA9 stays calm, while #D0A9FB is the loudest partner.

What is #d4fba9 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(16%, 0%, 33%, 2%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #d4fba9 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 49 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F2FBA9; nudged cooler, #B6FCA8.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d4fba9?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 16.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d4fba9 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d4fba9 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d4fba9] or text-[#d4fba9], 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 #d4fba9 with 50% opacity?

rgba(212, 251, 169, 0.5), or #d4fba980 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EAFDD4; over black, #6A7E55.

Is #d4fba9 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFF99, ΔE2000 3.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d4fba9 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 #d4fba9?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F1FEE4, #d4fba9 45%, #437A06). For more colour, a short hue run to #8CFAA5 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d4fba9 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d4fba9 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.