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#e2f3bd

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

Token name suggestion: Linen Basil

RGB
226, 243, 189
HSL
79°, 69%, 85%
CMYK
7, 0, 22, 5
Luminance
0.8394

#e2f3bd is a light vivid green, 79° on the wheel and 41/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (17.79:1). As text it scores 1.18:1 on white — use #5F8017 instead. Nearest name is Light Goldenrod Yellow, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(79 69% 85%)rgb(226 243 189)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #e2f3bd is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#e2f3bd
Hue
79°
green
Saturation
69%
vivid
Lightness
85%
light
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
91%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8394
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
41/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
17.79:1
Closest name
Light Goldenrod Yellow
ΔE2000 6.4
Chroma
28.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.938
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 20.2
Web-safe
#CCFFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue79° of 360°
Saturation69%
Lightness85%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #e2f3bd.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool41% 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%
Green76%
Blue4%

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

Every format

HEX#e2f3bd
HEX (8-digit)#e2f3bdff
RGBrgb(226, 243, 189)
RGBArgba(226, 243, 189, 1)
HSLhsl(79, 69%, 85%)
HSV / HSBhsv(79, 22%, 95%)
HWBhwb(79 74% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(7%, 0%, 22%, 5%)
LABlab(93.4 -14.6 24.2)
LCHlch(93.4 28.3 121.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.938 0.073 122.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(72.60, 83.94, 60.51)
Decimal14873533
Display P3color(display-p3 0.886 0.953 0.741)
Web-safe#CCFFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #e2f3bd;
background-color: #e2f3bd;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #e2f3bd;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#e2f3bd] bg-[#e2f3bd]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #e2f3bd;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.886, green: 0.953, blue: 0.741)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.886, green: 0.953, blue: 0.741, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#E2F3BD</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFE2F3BD)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFE2F3BD)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(189, 243, 226)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(226, 243, 189)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(226, 243, 189)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 226, 243, 189)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8863f, 0.9529f, 0.7412f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{226,243,189}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #e2f3bd 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #e2f3bd 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#506C14, #E5EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #e2f3bd 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: #F9FBF3;
  --brand-100: #F3F8E7;
  --brand-200: #e2f3bd;
  --brand-300: #D5EEA0;
  --brand-400: #C0E571;
  --brand-500: #ACDC41;
  --brand-600: #9ACF26;
  --brand-700: #80AD1F;
  --brand-800: #668A19;
  --brand-900: #4C6416;
  --brand-950: #2F3F0E;
  --brand: #e2f3bd;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F8FAF4;
  --brand-border: #DFEDC0;
  --brand-hover: #D5ED9F;
  --brand-pressed: #C7E881;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1F2414;
    --brand-ink: #E5EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9FBF3',
        100: '#F3F8E7',
        200: '#e2f3bd',
        300: '#D5EEA0',
        400: '#C0E571',
        500: '#ACDC41',
        600: '#9ACF26',
        700: '#80AD1F',
        800: '#668A19',
        900: '#4C6416',
        950: '#2F3F0E',
        DEFAULT: '#e2f3bd',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9FBF3,
  '100': #F3F8E7,
  '200': #e2f3bd,
  '300': #D5EEA0,
  '400': #C0E571,
  '500': #ACDC41,
  '600': #9ACF26,
  '700': #80AD1F,
  '800': #668A19,
  '900': #4C6416,
  '950': #2F3F0E,
);
$brand-base: #e2f3bd;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9FBF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F3F8E7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#e2f3bd", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#D5EEA0", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#C0E571", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#ACDC41", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#9ACF26", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#80AD1F", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#668A19", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#4C6416", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2F3F0E", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #e2f3bd · 17.79:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.18:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 17.79:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #e2f3bd as text scores 1.18:1 on white and 17.79:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #506C14 at 5.09:1.

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
#5F8017 · 4.58:1
AA on white−55% L
#5F8017
The quick fox
#465E11 · 7.32:1
AAA on white−63% L
#465E11
The quick fox
#e2f3bd · 17.79:1
AA on blackalready passes
#e2f3bd
The quick fox
#e2f3bd · 17.79:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#e2f3bd

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #769E1D 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
#e2f3bd on white: 1.18:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#e2f3bd on black: 17.79:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #e2f3bd as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #e2f3bd.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.18:1AaAa
Slate 501.13:1AaAa
Slate 1001.08:1AaAa
Slate 2001.04:1AaAa
Slate 3001.26:1AaAa
Slate 4002.17:1AaAa
Slate 5004.03:1AaAa
Slate 6006.42:1AaAa
Slate 7008.77:1AaAa
Slate 80012.39:1AaAa
Slate 90015.12:1AaAa
Black17.79:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FAECBA
deuteranopia · #F8ECBF
tritanopia · #E6EDE4

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. #e2f3bd 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.

#F9FBF3
#F3F8E7
#e2f3bd
#D5EEA0
#C0E571
#ACDC41
#9ACF26
#80AD1F
#668A19
#4C6416
#2F3F0E
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F9FBF3Darkest = 950 · #2F3F0EText 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 0.018 122.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.029 122.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.044 122.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.057 122.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.067 122.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.073 122.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.073 122.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.068 122.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.061 122.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.051 122.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.040 122.0);
}

Colors that work with #e2f3bd

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#DFEDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#829B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#241AB2
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#506C14
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F6FBE9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1F2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#D5ED9F
One step down in lightness
Pressed#C7E881
Two steps down
Disabled#F6F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#EBF9CB
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 #e2f3bd

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 #506C14
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #769E1D

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
  • 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#CEBDF3
Analogous left#F3E9BD
Analogous right#C7F3BD
Split-complement 1#BDC7F3
Split-complement 2#E9BDF3
Triadic 1#BDE2F3
Triadic 2#F3BDE2
Tetradic#BDF3E9
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°79°

#e2f3bd sits at 79°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red88.6%
Green95.3%
Blue74.1%
R · 0–255
226
0xe2
G · 0–255
243
0xf3
B · 0–255
189
0xbd

CMYK percentages

Cyan7.0%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow22.2%
Key (black)4.7%

Total ink coverage is 34%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#e2f3bd text on a black background

contrast 17.79:1

Card sample

#e2f3bd text on a white background

contrast 1.18:1

Card sample

#e2f3bd on grey

1.08:1

#e2f3bd on its own surface

1.12:1

#e2f3bd on its dark surface

13.47:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #e2f3bd;
Background color
Panel with #e2f3bd background
background-color: #e2f3bd;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #e2f3bd;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(226, 243, 189, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(226, 243, 189, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #e2f3bd;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e2f3bd, #BEF3BD);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #e2f3bd, #BDF3C9);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #e2f3bd;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #e2f3bd;
caret-color: #e2f3bd;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #e2f3bd;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F6FBE9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #e2f3bd;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#e2f3bd 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #e2f3bd 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(226, 243, 189, 0.5)
rgb(226 243 189 / 50%)
#e2f3bd80
hsl(79 69% 85% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #e2f3bd 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#e2f3bd1a#FCFEF8
20%#e2f3bd33#F9FDF2
40%#e2f3bd66#F3FAE5
60%#e2f3bd99#EEF8D7
80%#e2f3bdcc#E8F5CA

Gradients from #e2f3bd

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, #F7FCEE, #e2f3bd 45%, #506C14);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #e2f3bd, #A3EEA8);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #e2f3bd, #CEBDF3);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F9FDF2 0%, #e2f3bd 45%, #506C14 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%, #FBF6E8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #DAF8D7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #506C14 0%, transparent 65%), #e2f3bd;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #e2f3bd

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.

#e2f3bd 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 17.79:1.

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.

#e2f3bd, answered

What color is #e2f3bd?

#e2f3bd is a light vivid green, closest to Light Goldenrod Yellow (ΔE2000 6.4). It sits at 79° on the hue wheel with 69% saturation and 85% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #e2f3bd?

rgb(226, 243, 189) — 226 red, 243 green and 189 blue out of 255, or 88.6% / 95.3% / 74.1% by channel.

What is #e2f3bd in HSL and HSV?

hsl(79, 69%, 85%) and hsv(79, 22%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #e2f3bd a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8394 and perceived brightness is 91%, so black text on it reaches 17.79:1.

Should I use black or white text on #e2f3bd?

Black. It scores 17.79:1 against #e2f3bd, versus 1.18:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #e2f3bd accessible on a white background?

#e2f3bd on white scores 1.18:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #5F8017 to reach 4.5:1, or #465E11 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #e2f3bd?

#CEBDF3 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #BDC7F3 and #E9BDF3, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #e2f3bd?

For interface work: #F8FAF4 as the surface, #DFEDC0 for borders, #829B4B for secondary text, #241AB2 as an accent and #506C14 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F3E9BD and #C7F3BD stays calm, while #CEBDF3 is the loudest partner.

What is #e2f3bd in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(7%, 0%, 22%, 5%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #e2f3bd warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 41 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F3F0BD; nudged cooler, #CEF4BC.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #e2f3bd?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 20.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #e2f3bd as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #e2f3bd in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#e2f3bd] or text-[#e2f3bd], 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 #e2f3bd with 50% opacity?

rgba(226, 243, 189, 0.5), or #e2f3bd80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F1F9DE; over black, #717A5F.

Is #e2f3bd a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFFCC, ΔE2000 7.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #e2f3bd 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 #e2f3bd?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F7FCEE, #e2f3bd 45%, #506C14). For more colour, a short hue run to #A3EEA8 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #e2f3bd in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #e2f3bd at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.