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#cdf1be

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

Token name suggestion: Drift Moss

RGB
205, 241, 190
HSL
102°, 65%, 85%
CMYK
15, 0, 21, 6
Luminance
0.7961

#cdf1be is a light vivid green, 102° on the wheel and 55/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (16.92:1). As text it scores 1.24:1 on white — use #3B841C instead. Nearest name is Light Goldenrod Yellow, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(102 65% 85%)rgb(205 241 190)Base step 200AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #cdf1be is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#cdf1be
Hue
102°
green
Saturation
65%
vivid
Lightness
85%
light
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
88%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7961
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
55/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
16.92:1
Closest name
Light Goldenrod Yellow
ΔE2000 10.4
Chroma
29.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.919
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 19.8
Web-safe
#CCFFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue102° of 360°
Saturation65%
Lightness85%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #cdf1be.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool55% 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%
Green79%
Blue5%

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

Every format

HEX#cdf1be
HEX (8-digit)#cdf1beff
RGBrgb(205, 241, 190)
RGBArgba(205, 241, 190, 1)
HSLhsl(102, 65%, 85%)
HSV / HSBhsv(102, 21%, 95%)
HWBhwb(102 75% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(15%, 0%, 21%, 6%)
LABlab(91.5 -20.8 20.9)
LCHlch(91.5 29.4 134.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.919 0.077 136.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(65.92, 79.61, 60.60)
Decimal13496766
Display P3color(display-p3 0.804 0.945 0.745)
Web-safe#CCFFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #cdf1be;
background-color: #cdf1be;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #cdf1be;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#cdf1be] bg-[#cdf1be]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #cdf1be;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.804, green: 0.945, blue: 0.745)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.804, green: 0.945, blue: 0.745, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#CDF1BE</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFCDF1BE)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFCDF1BE)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(190, 241, 205)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(205, 241, 190)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(205, 241, 190)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 205, 241, 190)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8039f, 0.9451f, 0.7451f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{205,241,190}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #cdf1be 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #cdf1be 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#2F6917, #DBEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #cdf1be 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: #F6FBF3;
  --brand-100: #EDF7E8;
  --brand-200: #cdf1be;
  --brand-300: #B8EBA3;
  --brand-400: #94E174;
  --brand-500: #71D746;
  --brand-600: #5AC92B;
  --brand-700: #4BA824;
  --brand-800: #3C861D;
  --brand-900: #2E6219;
  --brand-950: #1D3D10;
  --brand: #cdf1be;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6FAF4;
  --brand-border: #CDEDC0;
  --brand-hover: #B6EBA1;
  --brand-pressed: #A0E483;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #192414;
    --brand-ink: #DBEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6FBF3',
        100: '#EDF7E8',
        200: '#cdf1be',
        300: '#B8EBA3',
        400: '#94E174',
        500: '#71D746',
        600: '#5AC92B',
        700: '#4BA824',
        800: '#3C861D',
        900: '#2E6219',
        950: '#1D3D10',
        DEFAULT: '#cdf1be',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6FBF3,
  '100': #EDF7E8,
  '200': #cdf1be,
  '300': #B8EBA3,
  '400': #94E174,
  '500': #71D746,
  '600': #5AC92B,
  '700': #4BA824,
  '800': #3C861D,
  '900': #2E6219,
  '950': #1D3D10,
);
$brand-base: #cdf1be;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6FBF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EDF7E8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#cdf1be", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B8EBA3", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#94E174", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#71D746", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#5AC92B", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#4BA824", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#3C861D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#2E6219", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1D3D10", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #cdf1be · 16.92:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.24:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.92:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #cdf1be as text scores 1.24:1 on white and 16.92:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #2F6917 at 5.37:1.

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
#3B841C · 4.66:1
AA on white−53% L
#3B841C
The quick fox
#2C6315 · 7.23:1
AAA on white−61% L
#2C6315
The quick fox
#cdf1be · 16.92:1
AA on blackalready passes
#cdf1be
The quick fox
#cdf1be · 16.92:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#cdf1be

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #4AA624 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
#cdf1be on white: 1.24:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#cdf1be on black: 16.92:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #cdf1be as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #cdf1be.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.24:1AaAa
Slate 501.19:1AaAa
Slate 1001.13:1AaAa
Slate 2001.01:1AaAa
Slate 3001.20:1AaAa
Slate 4002.07:1AaAa
Slate 5003.83:1AaAa
Slate 6006.11:1AaAa
Slate 7008.34:1AaAa
Slate 80011.79:1AaAa
Slate 90014.39:1AaAa
Black16.92:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F5E9BB
deuteranopia · #EFE5C0
tritanopia · #CCEDE3

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. #cdf1be 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.

#F6FBF3
#EDF7E8
#cdf1be
#B8EBA3
#94E174
#71D746
#5AC92B
#4BA824
#3C861D
#2E6219
#1D3D10
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F6FBF3Darkest = 950 · #1D3D10Text 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 0.019 136.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.031 136.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.046 136.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.060 136.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.071 136.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.077 136.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.077 136.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.073 136.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.065 136.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.054 136.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.043 136.5);
}

Colors that work with #cdf1be

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#F6FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#CDEDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#629B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#601FAD
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#2F6917
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EFFAEA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#192414
Dark-mode background
Hover#B6EBA1
One step down in lightness
Pressed#A0E483
Two steps down
Disabled#F4F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#D9F8CC
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 #cdf1be

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 #2F6917
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #4AA624

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
  • Weight16/100
  • 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#E2BEF1
Analogous left#E6F1BE
Analogous right#BEF1C8
Split-complement 1#C8BEF1
Split-complement 2#F1BEE6
Triadic 1#BECDF1
Triadic 2#F1BECD
Tetradic#BEE6F1
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°102°

#cdf1be sits at 102°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red80.4%
Green94.5%
Blue74.5%
R · 0–255
205
0xcd
G · 0–255
241
0xf1
B · 0–255
190
0xbe

CMYK percentages

Cyan14.9%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow21.2%
Key (black)5.5%

Total ink coverage is 42%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#cdf1be text on a black background

contrast 16.92:1

Card sample

#cdf1be text on a white background

contrast 1.24:1

Card sample

#cdf1be on grey

1.13:1

#cdf1be on its own surface

1.18:1

#cdf1be on its dark surface

12.98:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #cdf1be;
Background color
Panel with #cdf1be background
background-color: #cdf1be;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #cdf1be;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(205, 241, 190, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(205, 241, 190, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #cdf1be;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdf1be, #BEF1D1);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #cdf1be, #BEF1DE);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #cdf1be;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #cdf1be;
caret-color: #cdf1be;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #cdf1be;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EFFAEA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #cdf1be;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#cdf1be 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #cdf1be 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(205, 241, 190, 0.5)
rgb(205 241 190 / 50%)
#cdf1be80
hsl(102 65% 85% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #cdf1be 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#cdf1be1a#FAFEF9
20%#cdf1be33#F5FCF2
40%#cdf1be66#EBF9E5
60%#cdf1be99#E1F7D8
80%#cdf1becc#D7F4CB

Gradients from #cdf1be

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, #F2FBEE, #cdf1be 45%, #2F6917);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #cdf1be, #A5ECC5);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #cdf1be, #E2BEF1);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F5FCF2 0%, #cdf1be 45%, #2F6917 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F8FAE8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #D7F6E0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #2F6917 0%, transparent 65%), #cdf1be;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #cdf1be

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.

#cdf1be 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 16.92:1.

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.

#cdf1be, answered

What color is #cdf1be?

#cdf1be is a light vivid green, closest to Light Goldenrod Yellow (ΔE2000 10.4). It sits at 102° on the hue wheel with 65% saturation and 85% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #cdf1be?

rgb(205, 241, 190) — 205 red, 241 green and 190 blue out of 255, or 80.4% / 94.5% / 74.5% by channel.

What is #cdf1be in HSL and HSV?

hsl(102, 65%, 85%) and hsv(102, 21%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #cdf1be a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7961 and perceived brightness is 88%, so black text on it reaches 16.92:1.

Should I use black or white text on #cdf1be?

Black. It scores 16.92:1 against #cdf1be, versus 1.24:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #cdf1be accessible on a white background?

#cdf1be on white scores 1.24:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #3B841C to reach 4.5:1, or #2C6315 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #cdf1be?

#E2BEF1 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #C8BEF1 and #F1BEE6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #cdf1be?

For interface work: #F6FAF4 as the surface, #CDEDC0 for borders, #629B4B for secondary text, #601FAD as an accent and #2F6917 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #E6F1BE and #BEF1C8 stays calm, while #E2BEF1 is the loudest partner.

What is #cdf1be in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(15%, 0%, 21%, 6%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #cdf1be warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 55 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #E0F1BE; nudged cooler, #BDF2C1.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #cdf1be?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 19.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #cdf1be as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #cdf1be in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#cdf1be] or text-[#cdf1be], 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 #cdf1be with 50% opacity?

rgba(205, 241, 190, 0.5), or #cdf1be80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E6F8DF; over black, #67795F.

Is #cdf1be a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFFCC, ΔE2000 3.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #cdf1be 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 #cdf1be?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F2FBEE, #cdf1be 45%, #2F6917). For more colour, a short hue run to #A5ECC5 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #cdf1be in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #cdf1be at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.