#B4E488 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 #B4E488 works with other colors. Named schemes with #B4E488 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Light Green as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Light Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Light Green holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Light Green opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Light Green 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 Light Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #B4E488 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 #B4E488 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #B4E488;
--color-base-rgb: 180 228 136;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(86.4% 0.130 131.1);
--color-50: #F7FDF2;
--color-100: #EAF8DD;
--color-200: #D5F0BD;
--color-300: #B6E08F;
--color-400: #97CD65;
--color-500: #79B243;
--color-600: #60883A;
--color-700: #47612E;
--color-800: #304021;
--color-900: #1E2716;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
light-green: {
50: '#F7FDF2',
100: '#EAF8DD',
200: '#D5F0BD',
300: '#B6E08F',
400: '#97CD65',
500: '#79B243',
600: '#60883A',
700: '#47612E',
800: '#304021',
900: '#1E2716',
},
}
$base: #B4E488; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F7FDF2; $base-100: #EAF8DD; $base-200: #D5F0BD; $base-300: #B6E08F; $base-400: #97CD65; $base-500: #79B243; $base-600: #60883A; $base-700: #47612E; $base-800: #304021; $base-900: #1E2716; $base-hover: #8FD64B; $base-subtle: #E8F3DE;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#B4E488",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F7FDF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EAF8DD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D5F0BD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#B6E08F",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#97CD65",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#79B243",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#60883A",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#47612E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#304021",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1E2716",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}