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#DCFFA4 — Pale Vivid Green

#DCFFA4 is a green color we call Pale Vivid Green, closest to the named color PaleGoldenRod (#EEE8AA). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: palegoldenrod (#EEE8AA) — not an exact match. CSS palegoldenrod gives you #EEE8AA, a different color; use #DCFFA4 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#DCFFA4 is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #C6A3FF; it also sits naturally between #FFF4A3 and #AEFFA3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DCFFA4 · RGB 220, 255, 164

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Color values

HEX#DCFFA4
RGB220, 255, 164
HSL83°, 100%, 82%
HSV83°, 36%, 100%
CMYK14%, 0%, 36%, 0%
XYZ71.98, 89.42, 48.59
Yxy89.42, 0.3428, 0.4258
CIE-Lab95.75, -25.96, 39.85
Hunter Lab94.56, -24.95, 31.76

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 86% · Green 100% · Blue 64%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 36% · Key 0%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #DCFFA4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DCFFA4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DCFFA4

.text { color: #DCFFA4; }
.background { background-color: #DCFFA4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DCFFA4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(220, 255, 164); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(83, 100%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DCFFA4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(220, 255, 164, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DCFFA4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(220, 255, 164, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DCFFA4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DCFFA4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DCFFA4

#CCFF7A#BDFF52#AFFF2E#9FFF05#87DB00#6EB300#558A00#3F6600#263D00#0D1400

Tints of #DCFFA4

#DEFFA8#E2FFB3#E4FFB8#E8FFC2#E9FFC7#EBFFCC#EFFFD6#F1FFDB#F5FFE5#F7FFEB

Tones of #DCFFA4

#DAF9AA#D9F2B1#D7EBB7#D6E5BD#D4DEC4#D3D8CB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C6A3FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.11:1 Fails
Against black text18.88:1 AAA

Best text color on #DCFFA4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DCFFA4

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #DCFFA4: ·

How #DCFFA4 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #EBEBBADeuteranopia · #E9E7BFTritanopia · #DECBCF

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DCFFA4 rather than the exact color:

Palette 041122
#041122 · #259073 · #7FDA89 · #E6F99D
Palette E1ffb1
#E1FFB1 · #C7F2A4 · #B6E388 · #FCFFB2
Burning Ruby Solace
#B00F41 · #ED5529 · #F3D26D · #DBF698
Palette 8be3e1
#8BE3E1 · #D3F7AD · #95BB76 · #97935C
Palette C9182b
#C9182B · #F23A3A · #E3F3AC · #44C662
Lucky Ruby Cascade
#5A10C0 · #8535EE · #9CED2B · #D8F19D

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#E6F99D#E1FFB1#DBF698#D3F7AD#E3F3AC#D8F19D#DDF796#E8F79A#E4F1AC#E9FF97#E0F9B5#EBFFAF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DCFFA3  ·  #DCFFA5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DCFFA4?

#DCFFA4 is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 220, 255, 164). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DCFFA4?

#DCFFA4 is RGB 220, 255, 164 — HSL 83°, 100%, 82% — CMYK 14%, 0%, 36%, 0%.

What colors go with #DCFFA4?

Its complement is #C6A3FF; analogous partners are #FFF4A3 and #AEFFA3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DCFFA4 for text?

Black text on #DCFFA4 has a contrast ratio of 18.88:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.11:1.