#E4FEBB 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 #E4FEBB works with other colors. Named schemes with #E4FEBB in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Buttercream as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Buttercream 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.
Buttercream leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Buttercream holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Buttercream 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 Buttercream carrying the quiet middle.
How #E4FEBB 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 #E4FEBB at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #E4FEBB;
--color-base-rgb: 228 254 187;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(96.2% 0.091 125.3);
--color-50: #F9FEF0;
--color-100: #EFFDD8;
--color-200: #DFFCB1;
--color-300: #C6F679;
--color-400: #ACE949;
--color-500: #8ED025;
--color-600: #6F9D25;
--color-700: #516F20;
--color-800: #364819;
--color-900: #222C11;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
buttercream: {
50: '#F9FEF0',
100: '#EFFDD8',
200: '#DFFCB1',
300: '#C6F679',
400: '#ACE949',
500: '#8ED025',
600: '#6F9D25',
700: '#516F20',
800: '#364819',
900: '#222C11',
},
}
$base: #E4FEBB; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F9FEF0; $base-100: #EFFDD8; $base-200: #DFFCB1; $base-300: #C6F679; $base-400: #ACE949; $base-500: #8ED025; $base-600: #6F9D25; $base-700: #516F20; $base-800: #364819; $base-900: #222C11; $base-hover: #C1FD62; $base-subtle: #F6FCEC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#E4FEBB",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9FEF0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EFFDD8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DFFCB1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C6F679",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#ACE949",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#8ED025",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6F9D25",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#516F20",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#364819",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#222C11",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}