#D3E080 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 #D3E080 works with other colors. Named schemes with #D3E080 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 #D3E080 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 #D3E080 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #D3E080;
--color-base-rgb: 211 224 128;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(87.6% 0.121 115.3);
--color-50: #FBFCF2;
--color-100: #F4F8DD;
--color-200: #E8EFBD;
--color-300: #D4DF90;
--color-400: #BECB67;
--color-500: #A2B045;
--color-600: #7D873B;
--color-700: #59602F;
--color-800: #3B3F22;
--color-900: #252716;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
flax: {
50: '#FBFCF2',
100: '#F4F8DD',
200: '#E8EFBD',
300: '#D4DF90',
400: '#BECB67',
500: '#A2B045',
600: '#7D873B',
700: '#59602F',
800: '#3B3F22',
900: '#252716',
},
}
$base: #D3E080; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FBFCF2; $base-100: #F4F8DD; $base-200: #E8EFBD; $base-300: #D4DF90; $base-400: #BECB67; $base-500: #A2B045; $base-600: #7D873B; $base-700: #59602F; $base-800: #3B3F22; $base-900: #252716; $base-hover: #C0D247; $base-subtle: #EFF2DC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#D3E080",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBFCF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F4F8DD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E8EFBD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D4DF90",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#BECB67",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A2B045",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7D873B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#59602F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3B3F22",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#252716",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}