#D4E4AA 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 #D4E4AA works with other colors. Named schemes with #D4E4AA 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 #D4E4AA 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 #D4E4AA at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #D4E4AA;
--color-base-rgb: 212 228 170;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(89.3% 0.078 120.5);
--color-50: #F9FCF3;
--color-100: #EFF6DF;
--color-200: #DFEBC1;
--color-300: #C6D996;
--color-400: #ACC46E;
--color-500: #8EA84D;
--color-600: #6F8141;
--color-700: #505C32;
--color-800: #363D24;
--color-900: #222618;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tea-green: {
50: '#F9FCF3',
100: '#EFF6DF',
200: '#DFEBC1',
300: '#C6D996',
400: '#ACC46E',
500: '#8EA84D',
600: '#6F8141',
700: '#505C32',
800: '#363D24',
900: '#222618',
},
}
$base: #D4E4AA; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F9FCF3; $base-100: #EFF6DF; $base-200: #DFEBC1; $base-300: #C6D996; $base-400: #ACC46E; $base-500: #8EA84D; $base-600: #6F8141; $base-700: #505C32; $base-800: #363D24; $base-900: #222618; $base-hover: #B5D16D; $base-subtle: #F1F5E8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#D4E4AA",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9FCF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EFF6DF",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DFEBC1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C6D996",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#ACC46E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#8EA84D",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6F8141",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#505C32",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#363D24",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#222618",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}