#DFEDBA 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 #DFEDBA works with other colors. Named schemes with #DFEDBA 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 #DFEDBA 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 #DFEDBA at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DFEDBA;
--color-base-rgb: 223 237 186;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(92.3% 0.068 120.2);
--color-50: #FAFCF2;
--color-100: #F1F7DE;
--color-200: #E1EEBE;
--color-300: #C9DE92;
--color-400: #B0CA68;
--color-500: #93AE46;
--color-600: #72863C;
--color-700: #535F30;
--color-800: #373F22;
--color-900: #222717;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tea-green: {
50: '#FAFCF2',
100: '#F1F7DE',
200: '#E1EEBE',
300: '#C9DE92',
400: '#B0CA68',
500: '#93AE46',
600: '#72863C',
700: '#535F30',
800: '#373F22',
900: '#222717',
},
}
$base: #DFEDBA; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FAFCF2; $base-100: #F1F7DE; $base-200: #E1EEBE; $base-300: #C9DE92; $base-400: #B0CA68; $base-500: #93AE46; $base-600: #72863C; $base-700: #535F30; $base-800: #373F22; $base-900: #222717; $base-hover: #C1DC77; $base-subtle: #F5F8EC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DFEDBA",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FAFCF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F1F7DE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E1EEBE",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C9DE92",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B0CA68",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#93AE46",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#72863C",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#535F30",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#373F22",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#222717",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}