#D2DD93 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 reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #D2DD93 works with other colors. Named schemes with #D2DD93 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 #D2DD93 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 #D2DD93 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #D2DD93;
--color-base-rgb: 210 221 147;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(87.2% 0.096 115.3);
--color-50: #FAFCF3;
--color-100: #F2F6DF;
--color-200: #E5EBC1;
--color-300: #CFD996;
--color-400: #B7C46E;
--color-500: #9AA84D;
--color-600: #788141;
--color-700: #565C32;
--color-800: #393D24;
--color-900: #242618;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
flax: {
50: '#FAFCF3',
100: '#F2F6DF',
200: '#E5EBC1',
300: '#CFD996',
400: '#B7C46E',
500: '#9AA84D',
600: '#788141',
700: '#565C32',
800: '#393D24',
900: '#242618',
},
}
$base: #D2DD93; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FAFCF3; $base-100: #F2F6DF; $base-200: #E5EBC1; $base-300: #CFD996; $base-400: #B7C46E; $base-500: #9AA84D; $base-600: #788141; $base-700: #565C32; $base-800: #393D24; $base-900: #242618; $base-hover: #BACB5B; $base-subtle: #F0F2E1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#D2DD93",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FAFCF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F2F6DF",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E5EBC1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#CFD996",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B7C46E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#9AA84D",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#788141",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#565C32",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#393D24",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#242618",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}