#C4E283 is a soft, warm 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 #C4E283 works with other colors. Named schemes with #C4E283 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Flax as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Flax leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Flax holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Flax opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Flax 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 Flax carrying the quiet middle.
How #C4E283 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 #C4E283 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #C4E283;
--color-base-rgb: 196 226 131;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(87.0% 0.125 123.3);
--color-50: #F9FDF2;
--color-100: #F0F8DD;
--color-200: #DFEFBD;
--color-300: #C6E090;
--color-400: #ACCC66;
--color-500: #8EB144;
--color-600: #6F873A;
--color-700: #51602E;
--color-800: #363F22;
--color-900: #222716;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
flax: {
50: '#F9FDF2',
100: '#F0F8DD',
200: '#DFEFBD',
300: '#C6E090',
400: '#ACCC66',
500: '#8EB144',
600: '#6F873A',
700: '#51602E',
800: '#363F22',
900: '#222716',
},
}
$base: #C4E283; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F9FDF2; $base-100: #F0F8DD; $base-200: #DFEFBD; $base-300: #C6E090; $base-400: #ACCC66; $base-500: #8EB144; $base-600: #6F873A; $base-700: #51602E; $base-800: #363F22; $base-900: #222716; $base-hover: #A8D449; $base-subtle: #ECF3DD;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#C4E283",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9FDF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F0F8DD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DFEFBD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C6E090",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#ACCC66",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#8EB144",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6F873A",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#51602E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#363F22",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#222716",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}