#DFEDBE 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 #DFEDBE works with other colors. Named schemes with #DFEDBE 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 #DFEDBE 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 #DFEDBE at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DFEDBE;
--color-base-rgb: 223 237 190;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(92.4% 0.064 121.1);
--color-50: #F9FCF3;
--color-100: #F0F7DE;
--color-200: #DFEDBF;
--color-300: #C6DC93;
--color-400: #ACC86A;
--color-500: #8EAD48;
--color-600: #6F843D;
--color-700: #515E30;
--color-800: #363E23;
--color-900: #222617;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tea-green: {
50: '#F9FCF3',
100: '#F0F7DE',
200: '#DFEDBF',
300: '#C6DC93',
400: '#ACC86A',
500: '#8EAD48',
600: '#6F843D',
700: '#515E30',
800: '#363E23',
900: '#222617',
},
}
$base: #DFEDBE; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F9FCF3; $base-100: #F0F7DE; $base-200: #DFEDBF; $base-300: #C6DC93; $base-400: #ACC86A; $base-500: #8EAD48; $base-600: #6F843D; $base-700: #515E30; $base-800: #363E23; $base-900: #222617; $base-hover: #BEDB7C; $base-subtle: #F5F8ED;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DFEDBE",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9FCF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F0F7DE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DFEDBF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C6DC93",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#ACC86A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#8EAD48",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6F843D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#515E30",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#363E23",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#222617",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}