#D1DAC0Zen Garden (#D1DAC0) is a very light, muted yellow-green with an OKLCH hue of 123°, lightness 0.87 and chroma 0.036. It sits on the transitional side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.
| HEX | #D1DAC0 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(209, 218, 192) |
| HSL | hsl(81, 26%, 80%) |
| HSV | hsv(81, 12%, 85%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(4%, 0%, 12%, 15%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(85.8 -7.6 11.8) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.874 0.036 123) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Zen Garden shifts subtly: drifts toward yellow; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: leans toward green. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#dad4b3 — ΔE 2.0, shifts subtly: drifts toward yellow#d9dbbc — ΔE 1.2, shifts subtly: drifts toward yellow#d1dac0 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#d1dbc3 — ΔE 0.4, shifts subtly: leans toward greenTest Zen Garden in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 1.45:1 and against black 14.5:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#edf6dd · #d1dac0 · #9ea68f · #79806c · #565c4b · #353a2c
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#d1dac0 · #c7c690 · #c0ae7d · #b5976f · #a78265 · #976e5d
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#d1dac0 · #9ebeb4 · #8f9d72 · #438776 · #56623b · #28483f
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#d1dac0 · #b0b5a6 · #7e6b9a · #4d553c · #303721 · #171b0e
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#d1dac0 · #bab7be · #7f8379 · #4e4d51 · #1e2118 · #010102
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#d1dac0 · #999e91 · #3d4233 · #202515 · #020400 · #b2d45c
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d1dac0 · #bbb6c5 · #88799f · #56436f · #261738 · #010200
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#d1dac0 · #bbb6c5 · #757fa6 · #663e5f · #161c3d · #030003
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d1dac0 · #adbbc6 · #6186a3 · #6f3b4a · #37101d · #000510
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#d1dac0 · #a9bdc1 · #558b97 · #56436f · #38110a · #020006
#D7DFC8 · #DCE3D0 · #E2E8D7 · #E8EDDF · #EEF2E7
#AAB29B · #848B77 · #616755 · #3F4435 · #202418
#D2D9C5 · #D3D8C9 · #D4D7CE
Its high lightness and low chroma make it a natural background or large-surface color. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.