#E4FCDA is a muted, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, restrained and easy to live with. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #E4FCDA works with other colors. Named schemes with #E4FCDA in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Light Goldenrod Yellow 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.
Light Goldenrod Yellow leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Light Goldenrod Yellow opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Light Goldenrod Yellow holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Light Goldenrod Yellow 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 Light Goldenrod Yellow carrying the quiet middle.
How #E4FCDA 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 #E4FCDA at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #E4FCDA;
--color-base-rgb: 228 252 218;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(96.5% 0.051 136.4);
--color-50: #F5FEF0;
--color-100: #E3FDD8;
--color-200: #C8F9B4;
--color-300: #A2EE81;
--color-400: #7DDF53;
--color-500: #5CC530;
--color-600: #4C962C;
--color-700: #3A6A25;
--color-800: #28451C;
--color-900: #1A2A13;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
light-goldenrod-yellow: {
50: '#F5FEF0',
100: '#E3FDD8',
200: '#C8F9B4',
300: '#A2EE81',
400: '#7DDF53',
500: '#5CC530',
600: '#4C962C',
700: '#3A6A25',
800: '#28451C',
900: '#1A2A13',
},
}
$base: #E4FCDA; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F5FEF0; $base-100: #E3FDD8; $base-200: #C8F9B4; $base-300: #A2EE81; $base-400: #7DDF53; $base-500: #5CC530; $base-600: #4C962C; $base-700: #3A6A25; $base-800: #28451C; $base-900: #1A2A13; $base-hover: #A5F582; $base-subtle: #F7FDF5;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#E4FCDA",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5FEF0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E3FDD8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C8F9B4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A2EE81",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#7DDF53",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#5CC530",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#4C962C",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3A6A25",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#28451C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1A2A13",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}