#DFEBBD 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 #DFEBBD works with other colors. Named schemes with #DFEBBD 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 #DFEBBD 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 #DFEBBD at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DFEBBD;
--color-base-rgb: 223 235 189;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(91.9% 0.062 119.5);
--color-50: #F9FCF3;
--color-100: #F0F6DF;
--color-200: #E0ECC1;
--color-300: #C8DA95;
--color-400: #ADC56D;
--color-500: #90A94C;
--color-600: #708240;
--color-700: #515D32;
--color-800: #363D24;
--color-900: #222617;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tea-green: {
50: '#F9FCF3',
100: '#F0F6DF',
200: '#E0ECC1',
300: '#C8DA95',
400: '#ADC56D',
500: '#90A94C',
600: '#708240',
700: '#515D32',
800: '#363D24',
900: '#222617',
},
}
$base: #DFEBBD; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F9FCF3; $base-100: #F0F6DF; $base-200: #E0ECC1; $base-300: #C8DA95; $base-400: #ADC56D; $base-500: #90A94C; $base-600: #708240; $base-700: #515D32; $base-800: #363D24; $base-900: #222617; $base-hover: #BFD77C; $base-subtle: #F4F7ED;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DFEBBD",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9FCF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F0F6DF",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E0ECC1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C8DA95",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#ADC56D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#90A94C",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#708240",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#515D32",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#363D24",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#222617",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}