#D5DAAA 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 #D5DAAA works with other colors. Named schemes with #D5DAAA in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Bone as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Bone 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.
Bone leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Bone holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Bone 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 Bone carrying the quiet middle.
How #D5DAAA 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 #D5DAAA at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #D5DAAA;
--color-base-rgb: 213 218 170;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(87.2% 0.064 112.6);
--color-50: #FAFBF4;
--color-100: #F1F3E2;
--color-200: #E3E6C6;
--color-300: #CCD19E;
--color-400: #B3B979;
--color-500: #969D58;
--color-600: #747949;
--color-700: #545738;
--color-800: #383A27;
--color-900: #232419;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
bone: {
50: '#FAFBF4',
100: '#F1F3E2',
200: '#E3E6C6',
300: '#CCD19E',
400: '#B3B979',
500: '#969D58',
600: '#747949',
700: '#545738',
800: '#383A27',
900: '#232419',
},
}
$base: #D5DAAA; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FAFBF4; $base-100: #F1F3E2; $base-200: #E3E6C6; $base-300: #CCD19E; $base-400: #B3B979; $base-500: #969D58; $base-600: #747949; $base-700: #545738; $base-800: #383A27; $base-900: #232419; $base-hover: #BAC274; $base-subtle: #F1F2E7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#D5DAAA",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FAFBF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F1F3E2",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E3E6C6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#CCD19E",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B3B979",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#969D58",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#747949",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#545738",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#383A27",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#232419",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}