#BDED89 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 #BDED89 works with other colors. Named schemes with #BDED89 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 #BDED89 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 #BDED89 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #BDED89;
--color-base-rgb: 189 237 137;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(89.0% 0.138 129.8);
--color-50: #F8FEF1;
--color-100: #EBFBDB;
--color-200: #D7F4B8;
--color-300: #B9E788;
--color-400: #9BD65C;
--color-500: #7DBC39;
--color-600: #628F33;
--color-700: #48652A;
--color-800: #31421F;
--color-900: #1F2915;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
light-green: {
50: '#F8FEF1',
100: '#EBFBDB',
200: '#D7F4B8',
300: '#B9E788',
400: '#9BD65C',
500: '#7DBC39',
600: '#628F33',
700: '#48652A',
800: '#31421F',
900: '#1F2915',
},
}
$base: #BDED89; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F8FEF1; $base-100: #EBFBDB; $base-200: #D7F4B8; $base-300: #B9E788; $base-400: #9BD65C; $base-500: #7DBC39; $base-600: #628F33; $base-700: #48652A; $base-800: #31421F; $base-900: #1F2915; $base-hover: #98E346; $base-subtle: #EBF6DF;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#BDED89",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8FEF1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EBFBDB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D7F4B8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#B9E788",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#9BD65C",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#7DBC39",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#628F33",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#48652A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#31421F",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1F2915",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}