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#bfd092

a light, soft green · warm · closest name: Pale Goldenrod

Token name suggestion: Drift Fern

RGB
191, 208, 146
HSL
77°, 40%, 69%
CMYK
8, 0, 30, 18
Luminance
0.5826

#bfd092 is a light soft green, 77° on the wheel and 39/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.65:1). As text it scores 1.66:1 on white — use #6A7E36 instead. Nearest name is Pale Goldenrod, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(77 40% 69%)rgb(191 208 146)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #bfd092 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#bfd092
Hue
77°
green
Saturation
40%
soft
Lightness
69%
light
Brightness
82%
HSV value
Perceived
77%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5826
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
39/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
12.65:1
Closest name
Pale Goldenrod
ΔE2000 9.2
Chroma
33.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.830
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 15
Web-safe
#CCCC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue77° of 360°
Saturation40%
Lightness69%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #bfd092.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool39% 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%
Green77%
Blue4%

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

Every format

HEX#bfd092
HEX (8-digit)#bfd092ff
RGBrgb(191, 208, 146)
RGBArgba(191, 208, 146, 1)
HSLhsl(77, 40%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(76, 30%, 82%)
HWBhwb(77 57% 18%)
CMYKcmyk(8%, 0%, 30%, 18%)
LABlab(80.9 -16.1 28.9)
LCHlch(80.9 33.1 119.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.830 0.084 120.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(49.23, 58.26, 35.84)
Decimal12570770
Display P3color(display-p3 0.749 0.816 0.573)
Web-safe#CCCC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #bfd092;
background-color: #bfd092;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #bfd092;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bfd092] bg-[#bfd092]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bfd092;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.749, green: 0.816, blue: 0.573)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.749, green: 0.816, blue: 0.573, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#BFD092</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFBFD092)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFBFD092)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(146, 208, 191)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(191, 208, 146)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(191, 208, 146)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 191, 208, 146)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7490f, 0.8157f, 0.5725f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{191,208,146}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #bfd092 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #bfd092 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#4B5926, #E6EDD4);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #bfd092 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: #F2F4EB;
  --brand-200: #E3E9D2;
  --brand-300: #D1DDB1;
  --brand-400: #bfd092;
  --brand-500: #A3BB62;
  --brand-600: #90AB4A;
  --brand-700: #788E3E;
  --brand-800: #607231;
  --brand-900: #475427;
  --brand-950: #2D3418;
  --brand: #bfd092;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9FAF4;
  --brand-border: #DDE6C6;
  --brand-hover: #B0C579;
  --brand-pressed: #A2BA60;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #202414;
    --brand-ink: #E6EDD4;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F8FAF5',
        100: '#F2F4EB',
        200: '#E3E9D2',
        300: '#D1DDB1',
        400: '#bfd092',
        500: '#A3BB62',
        600: '#90AB4A',
        700: '#788E3E',
        800: '#607231',
        900: '#475427',
        950: '#2D3418',
        DEFAULT: '#bfd092',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F8FAF5,
  '100': #F2F4EB,
  '200': #E3E9D2,
  '300': #D1DDB1,
  '400': #bfd092,
  '500': #A3BB62,
  '600': #90AB4A,
  '700': #788E3E,
  '800': #607231,
  '900': #475427,
  '950': #2D3418,
);
$brand-base: #bfd092;
$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": "#F2F4EB", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E3E9D2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#D1DDB1", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#bfd092", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#A3BB62", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#90AB4A", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#788E3E", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#607231", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#475427", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2D3418", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #bfd092 · 12.65:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.66:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.65:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #bfd092 as text scores 1.66:1 on white and 12.65:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #4B5926 at 4.59:1.

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
#6A7E36 · 4.52:1
AA on white−34% L
#6A7E36
The quick fox
#4F5E29 · 7.08:1
AAA on white−43% L
#4F5E29
The quick fox
#bfd092 · 12.65:1
AA on blackalready passes
#bfd092
The quick fox
#bfd092 · 12.65:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#bfd092

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #859E44 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
#bfd092 on white: 1.66:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bfd092 on black: 12.65:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #bfd092 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #bfd092.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.66:1AaAa
Slate 501.59:1AaAa
Slate 1001.52:1AaAa
Slate 2001.35:1AaAa
Slate 3001.12:1AaAa
Slate 4001.54:1AaAa
Slate 5002.87:1AaAa
Slate 6004.57:1AaAa
Slate 7006.24:1AaAa
Slate 8008.81:1AaAa
Slate 90010.76:1AaAa
Black12.65:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D8C98E
deuteranopia · #D5C995
tritanopia · #C4CAC0

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. #bfd092 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
#F2F4EB
#E3E9D2
#D1DDB1
#bfd092
#A3BB62
#90AB4A
#788E3E
#607231
#475427
#2D3418
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F8FAF5Darkest = 950 · #2D3418Text 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 0.021 120.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.034 120.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.051 120.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.066 120.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.078 120.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.084 120.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.084 120.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.079 120.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.071 120.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.059 120.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.046 120.7);
}

Colors that work with #bfd092

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#DDE6C6
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#859B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#3C3A92
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#4B5926
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F5F7ED
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#202414
Dark-mode background
Hover#B0C579
One step down in lightness
Pressed#A2BA60
Two steps down
Disabled#EBEEE4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#CADD99
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 #bfd092

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

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • 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 #4B5926
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #859E44

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.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. 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
  • Weight31/100
  • 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#A392D0
Analogous left#D0C292
Analogous right#A0D092
Split-complement 1#92A0D0
Split-complement 2#C292D0
Triadic 1#92BFD0
Triadic 2#D092BF
Tetradic#92D0C2
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°77°

#bfd092 sits at 77°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red74.9%
Green81.6%
Blue57.3%
R · 0–255
191
0xbf
G · 0–255
208
0xd0
B · 0–255
146
0x92

CMYK percentages

Cyan8.2%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow29.8%
Key (black)18.4%

Total ink coverage is 56%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#bfd092 text on a black background

contrast 12.65:1

Card sample

#bfd092 text on a white background

contrast 1.66:1

Card sample

#bfd092 on grey

1.52:1

#bfd092 on its own surface

1.58:1

#bfd092 on its dark surface

9.56:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bfd092;
Background color
Panel with #bfd092 background
background-color: #bfd092;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bfd092;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(191, 208, 146, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(191, 208, 146, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bfd092;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfd092, #96D092);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bfd092, #92D09E);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #bfd092;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #bfd092;
caret-color: #bfd092;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #bfd092;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F5F7ED;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #bfd092;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#bfd092 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #bfd092 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, 208, 146, 0.5)
rgb(191 208 146 / 50%)
#bfd09280
hsl(77 40% 69% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #bfd092 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#bfd0921a#F9FAF4
20%#bfd09233#F2F6E9
40%#bfd09266#E5ECD3
60%#bfd09299#D9E3BE
80%#bfd092cc#CCD9A8

Gradients from #bfd092

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, #D8E2BD, #bfd092 45%, #4B5926);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #bfd092, #7DC77E);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bfd092, #A392D0);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #E5ECD2 0%, #bfd092 45%, #4B5926 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%, #DFD2B6 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #AED9A7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #4B5926 0%, transparent 65%), #bfd092;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bfd092

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.

#bfd092 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 12.65:1.

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.

#bfd092, answered

What color is #bfd092?

#bfd092 is a light soft green, closest to Pale Goldenrod (ΔE2000 9.2). It sits at 77° on the hue wheel with 40% saturation and 69% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #bfd092?

rgb(191, 208, 146) — 191 red, 208 green and 146 blue out of 255, or 74.9% / 81.6% / 57.3% by channel.

What is #bfd092 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(77, 40%, 69%) and hsv(76, 30%, 82%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #bfd092 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5826 and perceived brightness is 77%, so black text on it reaches 12.65:1.

Should I use black or white text on #bfd092?

Black. It scores 12.65:1 against #bfd092, versus 1.66:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #bfd092 accessible on a white background?

#bfd092 on white scores 1.66:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #6A7E36 to reach 4.5:1, or #4F5E29 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #bfd092?

#A392D0 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #92A0D0 and #C292D0, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #bfd092?

For interface work: #F9FAF4 as the surface, #DDE6C6 for borders, #859B4B for secondary text, #3C3A92 as an accent and #4B5926 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D0C292 and #A0D092 stays calm, while #A392D0 is the loudest partner.

What is #bfd092 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(8%, 0%, 30%, 18%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #bfd092 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 39 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D0CA92; nudged cooler, #A8D290.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #bfd092?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 15 away. That is a visible difference, so define #bfd092 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #bfd092 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#bfd092] or text-[#bfd092], 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 #bfd092 with 50% opacity?

rgba(191, 208, 146, 0.5), or #bfd09280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DFE8C9; over black, #606849.

Is #bfd092 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCC99, ΔE2000 5.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #bfd092 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 moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #bfd092?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #D8E2BD, #bfd092 45%, #4B5926). For more colour, a short hue run to #7DC77E keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #bfd092 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #bfd092 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.