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#DCFFAD — Pale Vivid Green

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

#DCFFAD 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 #D1ADFF; it also sits naturally between #FFFAAD and #B3FFAD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DCFFAD · RGB 220, 255, 173

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Color values

HEX#DCFFAD
RGB220, 255, 173
HSL86°, 100%, 84%
HSV86°, 32%, 100%
CMYK14%, 0%, 32%, 0%
XYZ72.82, 89.75, 53.02
Yxy89.75, 0.3378, 0.4163
CIE-Lab95.89, -24.79, 35.57
Hunter Lab94.74, -23.91, 29.05

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 86% · Green 100% · Blue 68%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 32% · Key 0%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #DCFFAD

.text { color: #DCFFAD; }
.background { background-color: #DCFFAD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DCFFAD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(220, 255, 173); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(86, 100%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DCFFAD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(220, 255, 173, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DCFFAD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(220, 255, 173, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DCFFAD

#CAFF85#B8FF5C#A7FF33#95FF0A#7FE000#68B800#518F00#3A6600#233D00#0C1400

Tints of #DCFFAD

#DEFFB3#E0FFB8#E4FFC2#E7FFC7#E9FFCC#EBFFD1#EDFFD6#F2FFE0#F4FFE5#F6FFEB

Tones of #DCFFAD

#DBF9B3#DAF3B9#D9EDBF#D9E8C5#D8E2CA#D7DCD0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D1ADFF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.11:1 Fails
Against black text18.95:1 AAA

Best text color on #DCFFAD: #000000.

How #DCFFAD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EBEBC1Deuteranopia · #E9E7C6Tritanopia · #DED1D4

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 Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette E1ffb1
#E1FFB1 · #C7F2A4 · #B6E388 · #FCFFB2
Palette Dcffb7
#DCFFB7 · #FF6868 · #FFBB64 · #FFEAA7
Palette Ffcfdf
#FFCFDF · #FEFDCA · #E0F9B5 · #A5DEE5
Palette 8be3e1
#8BE3E1 · #D3F7AD · #95BB76 · #97935C
Palette 3d6271
#3D6271 · #3D899C · #45A298 · #D8F8B7
Palette 638c6d
#638C6D · #E7FBB4 · #DF6D2D · #C84C05

Similar colors

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

#E1FFB1#DCFFB7#E0F9B5#D3F7AD#D8F8B7#E7FBB4#E9FFB2#E3F3AC#DDFFBB#E1FFBB#DDFFBC#EBFFAF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DCFFAC  ·  #DCFFAE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DCFFAD?

#DCFFAD is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 220, 255, 173). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DCFFAD?

#DCFFAD is RGB 220, 255, 173 — HSL 86°, 100%, 84% — CMYK 14%, 0%, 32%, 0%.

What colors go with #DCFFAD?

Its complement is #D1ADFF; analogous partners are #FFFAAD and #B3FFAD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DCFFAD for text?

Black text on #DCFFAD has a contrast ratio of 18.95:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.11:1.