#CFE4AE is a soft, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #CFE4AE works with other colors. Named schemes with #CFE4AE in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Tea Green as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Tea Green 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.
Tea Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Tea Green holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Tea 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 Tea Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #CFE4AE 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 #CFE4AE at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #CFE4AE;
--color-base-rgb: 207 228 174;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(89.0% 0.075 125.2);
--color-50: #F8FCF3;
--color-100: #EDF5E0;
--color-200: #DBEBC2;
--color-300: #BFD897;
--color-400: #A3C270;
--color-500: #85A64E;
--color-600: #688042;
--color-700: #4C5C33;
--color-800: #333C24;
--color-900: #202518;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tea-green: {
50: '#F8FCF3',
100: '#EDF5E0',
200: '#DBEBC2',
300: '#BFD897',
400: '#A3C270',
500: '#85A64E',
600: '#688042',
700: '#4C5C33',
800: '#333C24',
900: '#202518',
},
}
$base: #CFE4AE; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F8FCF3; $base-100: #EDF5E0; $base-200: #DBEBC2; $base-300: #BFD897; $base-400: #A3C270; $base-500: #85A64E; $base-600: #688042; $base-700: #4C5C33; $base-800: #333C24; $base-900: #202518; $base-hover: #ACD072; $base-subtle: #F0F5E9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#CFE4AE",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8FCF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EDF5E0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DBEBC2",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#BFD897",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A3C270",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#85A64E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#688042",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4C5C33",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#333C24",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#202518",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}