#DDE575 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 #DDE575 works with other colors. Named schemes with #DDE575 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 #DDE575 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 #DDE575 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DDE575;
--color-base-rgb: 221 229 117;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(89.3% 0.136 112.5);
--color-50: #FCFDF2;
--color-100: #F7F9DC;
--color-200: #EEF2BB;
--color-300: #DEE38C;
--color-400: #CAD161;
--color-500: #AEB63F;
--color-600: #868B37;
--color-700: #5F632C;
--color-800: #3F4120;
--color-900: #272815;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
flax: {
50: '#FCFDF2',
100: '#F7F9DC',
200: '#EEF2BB',
300: '#DEE38C',
400: '#CAD161',
500: '#AEB63F',
600: '#868B37',
700: '#5F632C',
800: '#3F4120',
900: '#272815',
},
}
$base: #DDE575; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FCFDF2; $base-100: #F7F9DC; $base-200: #EEF2BB; $base-300: #DEE38C; $base-400: #CAD161; $base-500: #AEB63F; $base-600: #868B37; $base-700: #5F632C; $base-800: #3F4120; $base-900: #272815; $base-hover: #CFDA3C; $base-subtle: #F1F3DA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DDE575",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCFDF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F7F9DC",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EEF2BB",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#DEE38C",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#CAD161",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#AEB63F",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#868B37",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5F632C",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3F4120",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#272815",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}