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#daf4bc

a light, vivid green · neutral · closest name: Light Goldenrod Yellow

Token name suggestion: Morning Fern

RGB
218, 244, 188
HSL
88°, 72%, 85%
CMYK
11, 0, 23, 4
Luminance
0.8324

#daf4bc is a light vivid green, 88° on the wheel and 48/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (17.65:1). As text it scores 1.19:1 on white — use #508215 instead. Nearest name is Light Goldenrod Yellow, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(88 72% 85%)rgb(218 244 188)Base step 200AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #daf4bc is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#daf4bc
Hue
88°
green
Saturation
72%
vivid
Lightness
85%
light
Brightness
96%
HSV value
Perceived
90%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8324
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
48/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
17.65:1
Closest name
Light Goldenrod Yellow
ΔE2000 8.3
Chroma
30.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.934
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 19.6
Web-safe
#CCFFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue88° of 360°
Saturation72%
Lightness85%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #daf4bc.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool48% 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%
Green78%
Blue4%

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

Every format

HEX#daf4bc
HEX (8-digit)#daf4bcff
RGBrgb(218, 244, 188)
RGBArgba(218, 244, 188, 1)
HSLhsl(88, 72%, 85%)
HSV / HSBhsv(88, 23%, 96%)
HWBhwb(88 74% 4%)
CMYKcmyk(11%, 0%, 23%, 4%)
LABlab(93.1 -18.1 24.2)
LCHlch(93.1 30.2 126.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.934 0.078 128.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(70.34, 83.24, 59.93)
Decimal14349500
Display P3color(display-p3 0.855 0.957 0.737)
Web-safe#CCFFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #daf4bc;
background-color: #daf4bc;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #daf4bc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#daf4bc] bg-[#daf4bc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #daf4bc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.855, green: 0.957, blue: 0.737)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.855, green: 0.957, blue: 0.737, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DAF4BC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDAF4BC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDAF4BC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(188, 244, 218)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(218, 244, 188)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(218, 244, 188)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 218, 244, 188)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8549f, 0.9569f, 0.7373f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{218,244,188}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #daf4bc 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #daf4bc 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#436E12, #E1EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #daf4bc 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: #F8FCF3;
  --brand-100: #F0F8E7;
  --brand-200: #daf4bc;
  --brand-300: #CAEF9F;
  --brand-400: #AFE76E;
  --brand-500: #94DF3E;
  --brand-600: #81D223;
  --brand-700: #6BAF1D;
  --brand-800: #568C17;
  --brand-900: #406615;
  --brand-950: #28400D;
  --brand: #daf4bc;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F8FAF4;
  --brand-border: #D8EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #C9EF9D;
  --brand-pressed: #B8EA7F;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1D2414;
    --brand-ink: #E1EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F8FCF3',
        100: '#F0F8E7',
        200: '#daf4bc',
        300: '#CAEF9F',
        400: '#AFE76E',
        500: '#94DF3E',
        600: '#81D223',
        700: '#6BAF1D',
        800: '#568C17',
        900: '#406615',
        950: '#28400D',
        DEFAULT: '#daf4bc',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F8FCF3,
  '100': #F0F8E7,
  '200': #daf4bc,
  '300': #CAEF9F,
  '400': #AFE76E,
  '500': #94DF3E,
  '600': #81D223,
  '700': #6BAF1D,
  '800': #568C17,
  '900': #406615,
  '950': #28400D,
);
$brand-base: #daf4bc;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F8FCF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F0F8E7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#daf4bc", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#CAEF9F", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#AFE76E", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#94DF3E", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#81D223", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#6BAF1D", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#568C17", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#406615", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#28400D", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #daf4bc · 17.65:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.19:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 17.65:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #daf4bc as text scores 1.19:1 on white and 17.65:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #436E12 at 5.07:1.

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
#508215 · 4.62:1
AA on white−55% L
#508215
The quick fox
#3D6310 · 7.02:1
AAA on white−62% L
#3D6310
The quick fox
#daf4bc · 17.65:1
AA on blackalready passes
#daf4bc
The quick fox
#daf4bc · 17.65:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#daf4bc

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #65A51B 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
#daf4bc on white: 1.19:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#daf4bc on black: 17.65:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #daf4bc as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #daf4bc.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.19:1AaAa
Slate 501.14:1AaAa
Slate 1001.09:1AaAa
Slate 2001.04:1AaAa
Slate 3001.25:1AaAa
Slate 4002.15:1AaAa
Slate 5004.00:1AaAa
Slate 6006.37:1AaAa
Slate 7008.70:1AaAa
Slate 80012.29:1AaAa
Slate 90015.00:1AaAa
Black17.65:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FAECB9
deuteranopia · #F6EBBE
tritanopia · #DDEFE5

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. #daf4bc is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F8FCF3
#F0F8E7
#daf4bc
#CAEF9F
#AFE76E
#94DF3E
#81D223
#6BAF1D
#568C17
#406615
#28400D
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F8FCF3Darkest = 950 · #28400DText 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 0.020 128.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.031 128.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.047 128.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.061 128.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.072 128.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.078 128.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.078 128.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.074 128.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.066 128.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.055 128.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.043 128.1);
}

Colors that work with #daf4bc

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#D8EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#769B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#3A18B4
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#436E12
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F3FBE9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1D2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#C9EF9D
One step down in lightness
Pressed#B8EA7F
Two steps down
Disabled#F5F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E4FACB
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 #daf4bc

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 #436E12
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #65A51B

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
  • Weight15/100
  • 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#D6BCF4
Analogous left#F4F2BC
Analogous right#BEF4BC
Split-complement 1#BCBEF4
Split-complement 2#F2BCF4
Triadic 1#BCDAF4
Triadic 2#F4BCDA
Tetradic#BCF4F2
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°88°

#daf4bc sits at 88°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red85.5%
Green95.7%
Blue73.7%
R · 0–255
218
0xda
G · 0–255
244
0xf4
B · 0–255
188
0xbc

CMYK percentages

Cyan10.7%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow23.0%
Key (black)4.3%

Total ink coverage is 38%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#daf4bc text on a black background

contrast 17.65:1

Card sample

#daf4bc text on a white background

contrast 1.19:1

Card sample

#daf4bc on grey

1.09:1

#daf4bc on its own surface

1.13:1

#daf4bc on its dark surface

13.42:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #daf4bc;
Background color
Panel with #daf4bc background
background-color: #daf4bc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #daf4bc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(218, 244, 188, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(218, 244, 188, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #daf4bc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #daf4bc, #BCF4C3);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #daf4bc, #BCF4D1);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #daf4bc;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #daf4bc;
caret-color: #daf4bc;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #daf4bc;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F3FBE9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #daf4bc;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#daf4bc 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #daf4bc 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(218, 244, 188, 0.5)
rgb(218 244 188 / 50%)
#daf4bc80
hsl(88 72% 85% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #daf4bc 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#daf4bc1a#FBFEF8
20%#daf4bc33#F8FDF2
40%#daf4bc66#F0FBE4
60%#daf4bc99#E9F8D7
80%#daf4bccc#E1F6C9

Gradients from #daf4bc

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, #F5FCED, #daf4bc 45%, #436E12);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #daf4bc, #A2F0B2);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #daf4bc, #D6BCF4);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F8FDF2 0%, #daf4bc 45%, #436E12 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%, #FBF9E8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #D6F8D8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #436E12 0%, transparent 65%), #daf4bc;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #daf4bc

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.

#daf4bc 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 17.65:1.

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.

#daf4bc, answered

What color is #daf4bc?

#daf4bc is a light vivid green, closest to Light Goldenrod Yellow (ΔE2000 8.3). It sits at 88° on the hue wheel with 72% saturation and 85% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #daf4bc?

rgb(218, 244, 188) — 218 red, 244 green and 188 blue out of 255, or 85.5% / 95.7% / 73.7% by channel.

What is #daf4bc in HSL and HSV?

hsl(88, 72%, 85%) and hsv(88, 23%, 96%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #daf4bc a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8324 and perceived brightness is 90%, so black text on it reaches 17.65:1.

Should I use black or white text on #daf4bc?

Black. It scores 17.65:1 against #daf4bc, versus 1.19:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #daf4bc accessible on a white background?

#daf4bc on white scores 1.19:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #508215 to reach 4.5:1, or #3D6310 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #daf4bc?

#D6BCF4 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #BCBEF4 and #F2BCF4, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #daf4bc?

For interface work: #F8FAF4 as the surface, #D8EDC0 for borders, #769B4B for secondary text, #3A18B4 as an accent and #436E12 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F4F2BC and #BEF4BC stays calm, while #D6BCF4 is the loudest partner.

What is #daf4bc in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(11%, 0%, 23%, 4%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #daf4bc warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 48 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EEF4BC; nudged cooler, #C5F5BB.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #daf4bc?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 19.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #daf4bc as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #daf4bc in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#daf4bc] or text-[#daf4bc], 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 #daf4bc with 50% opacity?

rgba(218, 244, 188, 0.5), or #daf4bc80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EDFADE; over black, #6D7A5E.

Is #daf4bc a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFFCC, ΔE2000 5.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #daf4bc 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 #daf4bc?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F5FCED, #daf4bc 45%, #436E12). For more colour, a short hue run to #A2F0B2 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #daf4bc in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #daf4bc at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.