#ACE89B is a soft, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded. It is too pale to lead as a primary accent and sits well as a supporting tone.
Not just a swatch — here's how #ACE89B works with other colors. Named schemes with #ACE89B in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Celadon leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Celadon opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Celadon sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
This palette keeps Celadon as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Celadon is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Celadon carrying the quiet middle.
How #ACE89B actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #ACE89B at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #ACE89B;
--color-base-rgb: 172 232 155;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(87.1% 0.120 138.9);
--color-50: #F4FDF2;
--color-100: #E3F8DD;
--color-200: #C8F0BD;
--color-300: #A1E08F;
--color-400: #7BCD65;
--color-500: #5BB243;
--color-600: #4B883A;
--color-700: #39612E;
--color-800: #284021;
--color-900: #1A2716;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
celadon: {
50: '#F4FDF2',
100: '#E3F8DD',
200: '#C8F0BD',
300: '#A1E08F',
400: '#7BCD65',
500: '#5BB243',
600: '#4B883A',
700: '#39612E',
800: '#284021',
900: '#1A2716',
},
}
$base: #ACE89B; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F4FDF2; $base-100: #E3F8DD; $base-200: #C8F0BD; $base-300: #A1E08F; $base-400: #7BCD65; $base-500: #5BB243; $base-600: #4B883A; $base-700: #39612E; $base-800: #284021; $base-900: #1A2716; $base-hover: #77DA5C; $base-subtle: #E8F5E4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#ACE89B",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F4FDF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E3F8DD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C8F0BD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A1E08F",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#7BCD65",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#5BB243",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#4B883A",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#39612E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#284021",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1A2716",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}