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#dfeab7

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

Token name suggestion: Meadow Jade

RGB
223, 234, 183
HSL
73°, 55%, 82%
CMYK
5, 0, 22, 8
Luminance
0.7795

#dfeab7 is a light vivid green, 73° on the wheel and 36/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (16.59:1). As text it scores 1.27:1 on white — use #6A7E25 instead. Nearest name is Pale Goldenrod, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(73 55% 82%)rgb(223 234 183)Base step 300AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #dfeab7 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#dfeab7
Hue
73°
green
Saturation
55%
vivid
Lightness
82%
light
Brightness
92%
HSV value
Perceived
88%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7795
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
36/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
16.59:1
Closest name
Pale Goldenrod
ΔE2000 5.7
Chroma
26.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.916
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 20
Web-safe
#CCFFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue73° of 360°
Saturation55%
Lightness82%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #dfeab7.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool36% 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
Red20%
Green75%
Blue4%

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

Every format

HEX#dfeab7
HEX (8-digit)#dfeab7ff
RGBrgb(223, 234, 183)
RGBArgba(223, 234, 183, 1)
HSLhsl(73, 55%, 82%)
HSV / HSBhsv(73, 22%, 92%)
HWBhwb(73 72% 8%)
CMYKcmyk(5%, 0%, 22%, 8%)
LABlab(90.8 -12.1 23.6)
LCHlch(90.8 26.5 117.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.916 0.068 117.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(68.40, 77.95, 56.23)
Decimal14674615
Display P3color(display-p3 0.875 0.918 0.718)
Web-safe#CCFFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #dfeab7;
background-color: #dfeab7;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #dfeab7;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#dfeab7] bg-[#dfeab7]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #dfeab7;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.875, green: 0.918, blue: 0.718)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.875, green: 0.918, blue: 0.718, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DFEAB7</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDFEAB7)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDFEAB7)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(183, 234, 223)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(223, 234, 183)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(223, 234, 183)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 223, 234, 183)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8745f, 0.9176f, 0.7176f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{223,234,183}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #dfeab7 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #dfeab7 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#54631D, #E8EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #dfeab7 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: #F9FBF4;
  --brand-100: #F3F6E9;
  --brand-200: #E7EECE;
  --brand-300: #dfeab7;
  --brand-400: #C5D97D;
  --brand-500: #B2CC51;
  --brand-600: #A1BD37;
  --brand-700: #869E2E;
  --brand-800: #6B7E25;
  --brand-900: #4F5C1E;
  --brand-950: #313A13;
  --brand: #dfeab7;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9FAF4;
  --brand-border: #E3EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #D3E29C;
  --brand-pressed: #C7DA80;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #212414;
    --brand-ink: #E8EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9FBF4',
        100: '#F3F6E9',
        200: '#E7EECE',
        300: '#dfeab7',
        400: '#C5D97D',
        500: '#B2CC51',
        600: '#A1BD37',
        700: '#869E2E',
        800: '#6B7E25',
        900: '#4F5C1E',
        950: '#313A13',
        DEFAULT: '#dfeab7',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9FBF4,
  '100': #F3F6E9,
  '200': #E7EECE,
  '300': #dfeab7,
  '400': #C5D97D,
  '500': #B2CC51,
  '600': #A1BD37,
  '700': #869E2E,
  '800': #6B7E25,
  '900': #4F5C1E,
  '950': #313A13,
);
$brand-base: #dfeab7;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9FBF4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F3F6E9", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E7EECE", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#dfeab7", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#C5D97D", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#B2CC51", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#A1BD37", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#869E2E", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#6B7E25", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#4F5C1E", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#313A13", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #dfeab7 · 16.59:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.27:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.59:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #dfeab7 as text scores 1.27:1 on white and 16.59:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #54631D at 5.22:1.

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
#6A7E25 · 4.54:1
AA on white−50% L
#6A7E25
The quick fox
#505E1B · 7.10:1
AAA on white−58% L
#505E1B
The quick fox
#dfeab7 · 16.59:1
AA on blackalready passes
#dfeab7
The quick fox
#dfeab7 · 16.59:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#dfeab7

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #859D2E 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
#dfeab7 on white: 1.27:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#dfeab7 on black: 16.59:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #dfeab7 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #dfeab7.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.27:1AaAa
Slate 501.21:1AaAa
Slate 1001.16:1AaAa
Slate 2001.03:1AaAa
Slate 3001.17:1AaAa
Slate 4002.03:1AaAa
Slate 5003.76:1AaAa
Slate 6005.99:1AaAa
Slate 7008.18:1AaAa
Slate 80011.56:1AaAa
Slate 90014.10:1AaAa
Black16.59:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F1E4B4
deuteranopia · #F0E5B9
tritanopia · #E4E4DC

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. #dfeab7 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.

#F9FBF4
#F3F6E9
#E7EECE
#dfeab7
#C5D97D
#B2CC51
#A1BD37
#869E2E
#6B7E25
#4F5C1E
#313A13
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F9FBF4Darkest = 950 · #313A13Text 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 0.017 117.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.027 117.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.041 117.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.053 117.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.062 117.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.068 117.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.068 117.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.064 117.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.057 117.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.047 117.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.037 117.6);
}

Colors that work with #dfeab7

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#E3EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#8A9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#2A2EA2
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#54631D
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F6F9EB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#212414
Dark-mode background
Hover#D3E29C
One step down in lightness
Pressed#C7DA80
Two steps down
Disabled#F6F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E8F2C3
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 #dfeab7

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 #54631D
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #859D2E

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
  • Weight18/100
  • 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#C2B7EA
Analogous left#EADCB7
Analogous right#C6EAB7
Split-complement 1#B7C6EA
Split-complement 2#DCB7EA
Triadic 1#B7DFEA
Triadic 2#EAB7DF
Tetradic#B7EADC
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°73°

#dfeab7 sits at 73°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red87.5%
Green91.8%
Blue71.8%
R · 0–255
223
0xdf
G · 0–255
234
0xea
B · 0–255
183
0xb7

CMYK percentages

Cyan4.7%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow21.8%
Key (black)8.2%

Total ink coverage is 35%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#dfeab7 text on a black background

contrast 16.59:1

Card sample

#dfeab7 text on a white background

contrast 1.27:1

Card sample

#dfeab7 on grey

1.16:1

#dfeab7 on its own surface

1.21:1

#dfeab7 on its dark surface

12.50:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #dfeab7;
Background color
Panel with #dfeab7 background
background-color: #dfeab7;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #dfeab7;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(223, 234, 183, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(223, 234, 183, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #dfeab7;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfeab7, #BDEAB7);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #dfeab7, #B7EABE);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #dfeab7;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #dfeab7;
caret-color: #dfeab7;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #dfeab7;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F6F9EB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #dfeab7;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#dfeab7 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #dfeab7 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(223, 234, 183, 0.5)
rgb(223 234 183 / 50%)
#dfeab780
hsl(73 55% 82% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #dfeab7 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#dfeab71a#FCFDF8
20%#dfeab733#F9FBF1
40%#dfeab766#F2F7E2
60%#dfeab799#ECF2D4
80%#dfeab7cc#E5EEC5

Gradients from #dfeab7

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, #F4F8E7, #dfeab7 45%, #54631D);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #dfeab7, #A2E39F);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #dfeab7, #C2B7EA);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FAFCF3 0%, #dfeab7 45%, #54631D 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%, #F6EDDF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #D6F1CF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #54631D 0%, transparent 65%), #dfeab7;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #dfeab7

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.

#dfeab7 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 16.59:1.

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.

#dfeab7, answered

What color is #dfeab7?

#dfeab7 is a light vivid green, closest to Pale Goldenrod (ΔE2000 5.7). It sits at 73° on the hue wheel with 55% saturation and 82% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #dfeab7?

rgb(223, 234, 183) — 223 red, 234 green and 183 blue out of 255, or 87.5% / 91.8% / 71.8% by channel.

What is #dfeab7 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(73, 55%, 82%) and hsv(73, 22%, 92%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #dfeab7 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7795 and perceived brightness is 88%, so black text on it reaches 16.59:1.

Should I use black or white text on #dfeab7?

Black. It scores 16.59:1 against #dfeab7, versus 1.27:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #dfeab7 accessible on a white background?

#dfeab7 on white scores 1.27:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #6A7E25 to reach 4.5:1, or #505E1B for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #dfeab7?

#C2B7EA sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #B7C6EA and #DCB7EA, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #dfeab7?

For interface work: #F9FAF4 as the surface, #E3EDC0 for borders, #8A9B4B for secondary text, #2A2EA2 as an accent and #54631D for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EADCB7 and #C6EAB7 stays calm, while #C2B7EA is the loudest partner.

What is #dfeab7 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(5%, 0%, 22%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #dfeab7 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 36 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EAE2B7; nudged cooler, #CCEBB6.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #dfeab7?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 20 away. That is a visible difference, so define #dfeab7 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #dfeab7 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#dfeab7] or text-[#dfeab7], 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 #dfeab7 with 50% opacity?

rgba(223, 234, 183, 0.5), or #dfeab780 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EFF5DB; over black, #70755C.

Is #dfeab7 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFFCC, ΔE2000 9.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #dfeab7 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 #dfeab7?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F4F8E7, #dfeab7 45%, #54631D). For more colour, a short hue run to #A2E39F keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #dfeab7 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #dfeab7 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.