#CFDD83 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 #CFDD83 works with other colors. Named schemes with #CFDD83 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 #CFDD83 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 #CFDD83 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #CFDD83;
--color-base-rgb: 207 221 131;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(86.7% 0.115 116.1);
--color-50: #FBFCF3;
--color-100: #F3F7DE;
--color-200: #E6EDBF;
--color-300: #D1DC93;
--color-400: #BAC86A;
--color-500: #9EAD48;
--color-600: #7A843D;
--color-700: #585E30;
--color-800: #3A3E23;
--color-900: #242617;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
flax: {
50: '#FBFCF3',
100: '#F3F7DE',
200: '#E6EDBF',
300: '#D1DC93',
400: '#BAC86A',
500: '#9EAD48',
600: '#7A843D',
700: '#585E30',
800: '#3A3E23',
900: '#242617',
},
}
$base: #CFDD83; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FBFCF3; $base-100: #F3F7DE; $base-200: #E6EDBF; $base-300: #D1DC93; $base-400: #BAC86A; $base-500: #9EAD48; $base-600: #7A843D; $base-700: #585E30; $base-800: #3A3E23; $base-900: #242617; $base-hover: #BACE4C; $base-subtle: #EEF2DD;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#CFDD83",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBFCF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F3F7DE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E6EDBF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D1DC93",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#BAC86A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#9EAD48",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7A843D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#585E30",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3A3E23",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#242617",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}