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#dbf69d

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

Token name suggestion: Linen Jade

RGB
219, 246, 157
HSL
78°, 83%, 79%
CMYK
11, 0, 36, 4
Luminance
0.8341

#dbf69d is a light electric green, 78° on the wheel and 40/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (17.68:1). As text it scores 1.19:1 on white — use #5B7E0C instead. Nearest name is Pale Goldenrod, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(78 83% 79%)rgb(219 246 157)Base step 300AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #dbf69d is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#dbf69d
Hue
78°
green
Saturation
83%
electric
Lightness
79%
light
Brightness
96%
HSV value
Perceived
90%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8341
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
40/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
17.68:1
Closest name
Pale Goldenrod
ΔE2000 9
Chroma
46.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.933
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 15.8
Web-safe
#CCFF99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue78° of 360°
Saturation83%
Lightness79%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #dbf69d.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool40% 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
Red18%
Green79%
Blue3%

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

Every format

HEX#dbf69d
HEX (8-digit)#dbf69dff
RGBrgb(219, 246, 157)
RGBArgba(219, 246, 157, 1)
HSLhsl(78, 83%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(78, 36%, 96%)
HWBhwb(78 62% 4%)
CMYKcmyk(11%, 0%, 36%, 4%)
LABlab(93.2 -22.9 40.0)
LCHlch(93.2 46.1 119.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.933 0.117 122.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(68.25, 83.41, 44.39)
Decimal14415517
Display P3color(display-p3 0.859 0.965 0.616)
Web-safe#CCFF99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #dbf69d;
background-color: #dbf69d;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #dbf69d;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#dbf69d] bg-[#dbf69d]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #dbf69d;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.859, green: 0.965, blue: 0.616)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.859, green: 0.965, blue: 0.616, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DBF69D</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDBF69D)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDBF69D)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(157, 246, 219)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(219, 246, 157)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(219, 246, 157)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 219, 246, 157)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8588f, 0.9647f, 0.6157f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{219,246,157}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #dbf69d 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #dbf69d 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#55750B, #E6EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #dbf69d 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: #F9FCF2;
  --brand-100: #F4FAE6;
  --brand-200: #E7F6C6;
  --brand-300: #dbf69d;
  --brand-400: #C6F165;
  --brand-500: #B4EC31;
  --brand-600: #A2E015;
  --brand-700: #87BB11;
  --brand-800: #6C950E;
  --brand-900: #506C0E;
  --brand-950: #324409;
  --brand: #dbf69d;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9FAF4;
  --brand-border: #DFEDC0;
  --brand-hover: #CFF37C;
  --brand-pressed: #C3F05B;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1F2414;
    --brand-ink: #E6EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9FCF2',
        100: '#F4FAE6',
        200: '#E7F6C6',
        300: '#dbf69d',
        400: '#C6F165',
        500: '#B4EC31',
        600: '#A2E015',
        700: '#87BB11',
        800: '#6C950E',
        900: '#506C0E',
        950: '#324409',
        DEFAULT: '#dbf69d',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9FCF2,
  '100': #F4FAE6,
  '200': #E7F6C6,
  '300': #dbf69d,
  '400': #C6F165,
  '500': #B4EC31,
  '600': #A2E015,
  '700': #87BB11,
  '800': #6C950E,
  '900': #506C0E,
  '950': #324409,
);
$brand-base: #dbf69d;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9FCF2", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F4FAE6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E7F6C6", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#dbf69d", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#C6F165", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#B4EC31", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#A2E015", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#87BB11", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#6C950E", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#506C0E", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#324409", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #dbf69d · 17.68:1
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 · 17.68:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #dbf69d as text scores 1.19:1 on white and 17.68:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #55750B at 4.49:1.

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
#5B7E0C · 4.74:1
AA on white−52% L
#5B7E0C
The quick fox
#445D09 · 7.46:1
AAA on white−59% L
#445D09
The quick fox
#dbf69d · 17.68:1
AA on blackalready passes
#dbf69d
The quick fox
#dbf69d · 17.68:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#dbf69d

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #739F0F 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
#dbf69d on white: 1.19:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#dbf69d on black: 17.68:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #dbf69d as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #dbf69d.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.19:1AaAa
Slate 501.14:1AaAa
Slate 1001.08:1AaAa
Slate 2001.04:1AaAa
Slate 3001.25:1AaAa
Slate 4002.16:1AaAa
Slate 5004.01:1AaAa
Slate 6006.38:1AaAa
Slate 7008.72:1AaAa
Slate 80012.32:1AaAa
Slate 90015.03:1AaAa
Black17.68:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FFEC97
deuteranopia · #FCEBA1
tritanopia · #E2EEE0

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. #dbf69d 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.

#F9FCF2
#F4FAE6
#E7F6C6
#dbf69d
#C6F165
#B4EC31
#A2E015
#87BB11
#6C950E
#506C0E
#324409
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F9FCF2Darkest = 950 · #324409Text 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 0.029 122.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.047 122.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.070 122.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.091 122.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.107 122.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.117 122.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.117 122.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.110 122.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.098 122.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.082 122.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.064 122.4);
}

Colors that work with #dbf69d

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#DFEDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#839B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#170DBF
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#55750B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F6FDE8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1F2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#CFF37C
One step down in lightness
Pressed#C3F05B
Two steps down
Disabled#F6F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E4FCAB
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 #dbf69d

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 #55750B
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #739F0F

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
  • Weight21/100
  • 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#B89DF6
Analogous left#F6E49D
Analogous right#AEF69D
Split-complement 1#9DAEF6
Split-complement 2#E49DF6
Triadic 1#9DDBF6
Triadic 2#F69DDB
Tetradic#9DF6E4
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°78°

#dbf69d sits at 78°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red85.9%
Green96.5%
Blue61.6%
R · 0–255
219
0xdb
G · 0–255
246
0xf6
B · 0–255
157
0x9d

CMYK percentages

Cyan11.0%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow36.2%
Key (black)3.5%

Total ink coverage is 51%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#dbf69d text on a black background

contrast 17.68:1

Card sample

#dbf69d text on a white background

contrast 1.19:1

Card sample

#dbf69d on grey

1.08:1

#dbf69d on its own surface

1.13:1

#dbf69d on its dark surface

13.39:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #dbf69d;
Background color
Panel with #dbf69d background
background-color: #dbf69d;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #dbf69d;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(219, 246, 157, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(219, 246, 157, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #dbf69d;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dbf69d, #A0F69D);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #dbf69d, #9DF6B0);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #dbf69d;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #dbf69d;
caret-color: #dbf69d;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #dbf69d;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F6FDE8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #dbf69d;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#dbf69d 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #dbf69d 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(219, 246, 157, 0.5)
rgb(219 246 157 / 50%)
#dbf69d80
hsl(78 83% 79% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #dbf69d 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#dbf69d1a#FBFEF5
20%#dbf69d33#F8FDEB
40%#dbf69d66#F1FBD8
60%#dbf69d99#E9FAC4
80%#dbf69dcc#E2F8B1

Gradients from #dbf69d

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, #F0FBD5, #dbf69d 45%, #55750B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #dbf69d, #81F387);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #dbf69d, #B89DF6);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FAFEF1 0%, #dbf69d 45%, #55750B 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%, #FAEDCC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #C0F9B9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #55750B 0%, transparent 65%), #dbf69d;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #dbf69d

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.

#dbf69d 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

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 17.68:1.

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.

#dbf69d, answered

What color is #dbf69d?

#dbf69d is a light electric green, closest to Pale Goldenrod (ΔE2000 9). It sits at 78° on the hue wheel with 83% saturation and 79% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #dbf69d?

rgb(219, 246, 157) — 219 red, 246 green and 157 blue out of 255, or 85.9% / 96.5% / 61.6% by channel.

What is #dbf69d in HSL and HSV?

hsl(78, 83%, 79%) and hsv(78, 36%, 96%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #dbf69d a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8341 and perceived brightness is 90%, so black text on it reaches 17.68:1.

Should I use black or white text on #dbf69d?

Black. It scores 17.68:1 against #dbf69d, versus 1.19:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #dbf69d accessible on a white background?

#dbf69d on white scores 1.19:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #5B7E0C to reach 4.5:1, or #445D09 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #dbf69d?

#B89DF6 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #9DAEF6 and #E49DF6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #dbf69d?

For interface work: #F9FAF4 as the surface, #DFEDC0 for borders, #839B4B for secondary text, #170DBF as an accent and #55750B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F6E49D and #AEF69D stays calm, while #B89DF6 is the loudest partner.

What is #dbf69d in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(11%, 0%, 36%, 4%). 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 #dbf69d warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 40 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F6F09D; nudged cooler, #BAF79C.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #dbf69d?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 15.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #dbf69d as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #dbf69d in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#dbf69d] or text-[#dbf69d], 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 #dbf69d with 50% opacity?

rgba(219, 246, 157, 0.5), or #dbf69d80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EDFBCE; over black, #6E7B4F.

Is #dbf69d a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFF99, ΔE2000 4.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #dbf69d 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 #dbf69d?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F0FBD5, #dbf69d 45%, #55750B). For more colour, a short hue run to #81F387 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #dbf69d in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #dbf69d at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.