#E5FCBD 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 #E5FCBD works with other colors. Named schemes with #E5FCBD 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 #E5FCBD 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 #E5FCBD at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #E5FCBD;
--color-base-rgb: 229 252 189;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(95.9% 0.085 124.3);
--color-50: #F9FEF0;
--color-100: #F0FDD8;
--color-200: #E0FBB1;
--color-300: #C7F27D;
--color-400: #ADE44E;
--color-500: #90CB2A;
--color-600: #709A28;
--color-700: #516C23;
--color-800: #36461B;
--color-900: #222B12;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
buttercream: {
50: '#F9FEF0',
100: '#F0FDD8',
200: '#E0FBB1',
300: '#C7F27D',
400: '#ADE44E',
500: '#90CB2A',
600: '#709A28',
700: '#516C23',
800: '#36461B',
900: '#222B12',
},
}
$base: #E5FCBD; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F9FEF0; $base-100: #F0FDD8; $base-200: #E0FBB1; $base-300: #C7F27D; $base-400: #ADE44E; $base-500: #90CB2A; $base-600: #709A28; $base-700: #516C23; $base-800: #36461B; $base-900: #222B12; $base-hover: #C3F867; $base-subtle: #F6FCED;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#E5FCBD",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9FEF0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F0FDD8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E0FBB1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C7F27D",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#ADE44E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#90CB2A",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#709A28",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#516C23",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#36461B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#222B12",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}