Rice Flower#EEFFE2, a brilliant lime

At a glanceRice Flower is #EEFFE2, oklch(98.0% 0.042 132.2), a brilliant lime. Its hue sits mid-wheel, neither warm nor cool. Partner it with a cool bold indigo #4C57A2 as an accent, a warm pale gold #DDC795 for harmony, and a vivid lime #BAFF7D the same color turned up. Try it as a light surface or a tinted neutral, and it takes black text at AA contrast. It's lighter than the paper, though, so no coated press can reach it. The brightest thing on a sheet is the sheet.
Color codes

Rice Flower in RGB, HSL, OKLCH & more

Ready to ship: every line pastes straight into your codebase, and the whole file copies at once.

eeffe2.css
:root { /* how your code speaks it */ /* how your eyes measure it */ /* how the lab measures it, D65 2° */}/* tailwind v4 */

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Color family

What kind of green is Rice Flower?

Every color has a place in the standard vocabulary. This is Rice Flower's, measured rather than asserted.

Rice Flower's Munsell numbers: hue 7.8GY, value 9.8 (how light), chroma 8.7 (how vivid). That places it in ISCC-NBS block brilliant yellow green, one of 267 named ranges the standard sorts every color into. Chroma 8.7 is moderate. Clearly colored, but not so saturated it fights the colors around it.

It's already at the edge of what your screen can show for this hue. This color can't go any more saturated and still render.

Munsell coordinates and block from the ISCC-NBS system, computed by Rhapsody's own renotation inversion.

Tints & shades

Shades of Rice Flower, lighter and darker

For hover states, washed backgrounds, and dark surfaces that still read as #EEFFE2. 13 steps, spaced evenly by eye, with the color itself sitting at its natural depth, rice-flower-100.

Tints (light surfaces; dark text passes on every one)

Midtones (the color at full strength, for brand & accent work)

Shades (dark surfaces; light text passes on every one)

Rhapsody Palette

Most tools mix. Rhapsody measures.

Paste any color. The whole system comes back, contrast-checked before you see it.

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The window on the right was generated from #EEFFE2, like this whole page.

Accessibility

Is Rice Flower accessible? Contrast with white & black

Strong contrast makes your work readable by everyone, and meets the WCAG standard accessibility law points at. AA is the floor; AAA is the tier worth aiming for in body text. Black text on #EEFFE2 clears WCAG AAA. Every strip below is one surface, and the marks are the steps that reach AAA on it.

Rows are text, columns are background · 70 of 210 pairings reach WCAG 2.2 AAA, shown here.

Rhapsody Palette

Ship the audit, not screenshots.

Run #EEFFE2 against the colors you actually ship, every pairing and any target, and export it: exact ratios, the AA tier, APCA, in one file.

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The audit on the right was calibrated from #EEFFE2, like this whole page.

Print

Rice Flower in CMYK: one value for files, one per press

None of these presses can print this color. It's lighter than the paper, and ink only darkens a sheet, so the brightest thing on a printed page is the page itself. So what do you do? Pick a brighter stock, or let the paper be your lightest tone and build the contrast somewhere else.

In CMYK, #EEFFE2 is . That is the value design tools and file formats use when no press is involved.

On press (what each standard prints)

CGATS21 CRPC1 (coldset news) can’t be reached
on screenon press

brighter than paper · no ink reaches it

GRACoL 2013 Uncoated (CRPC3) can’t be reached
on screenon press

brighter than paper · no ink reaches it

GRACoL 2013 (CRPC6) can’t be reached
on screenon press

brighter than paper · no ink reaches it

PSO Coated v3 (FOGRA51) can’t be reached
on screenon press

brighter than paper · no ink reaches it

Coated FOGRA39 can’t be reached
on screenon press

brighter than paper · no ink reaches it

Japan Color 2011 Coated can’t be reached
on screenon press

brighter than paper · no ink reaches it

APTEC Flexo Coated can’t be reached
on screenon press

brighter than paper · no ink reaches it

CGATS21 CRPC7 (extended gamut) can’t be reached
on screenon press

brighter than paper · no ink reaches it

Press values computed through the ICC characterization data each standard proofs against. Each CMYK above is the closest that standard can get. None of them reaches the color. It sits above the paper's own white.

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The strip shows this page's tints and shades on screen, then through a standard GRACoL 2013 conversion.

The Rice Flowers

Colors similar to Rice Flower

Here are other colors similar to Rice Flower along with accessible text pairings and whether or not they're print-safe. Explore The Limes

Hint Of YellowHint Of Yellow#FAFDE4black text · AAAlighter than the paper
OrinocoOrinoco#F3FBD4black text · AAAlighter than the paper
MimosaMimosa#F8FDD3black text · AAAlighter than the paper
Snow FlurrySnow Flurry#E4FFD1black text · AAAlighter than the paper
GossipGossip#D2F8B0black text · AAA✕ shifts on press
CeleryCelery#C1FD95black text · AAA✕ shifts on press
PistachioPistachio#C0FA8Bblack text · AAA✕ shifts on press
SuluSulu#C1F07Cblack text · AAA✕ shifts on press
ConiferConifer#ACDD4Dblack text · AAA✕ shifts on press
Key Lime PieKey Lime Pie#BFC921black text · AAA✓ prints exactly
Pairings

Colors that go with Rice Flower

The complementary color, straight across the wheel, is a brilliant violet #8866B2. Rhapsody's pick is the split complement, just to one side of it, a livelier pair.

The accent is for the moments that need attention, the harmony for the ones that need calm; the vivid is the same color with the volume up, for when it has to shout.

Downloads

Take Rice Flower with you

The work on this page doesn't stay here. Save a card and the color arrives in your file, your deck or your board already decided.

Rice Flower color codes: hex #EEFFE2, RGB, HSL, CMYK, and OKLCH, from Rhapsody
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The full tonal scale of Rice Flower, 13 steps from light to dark with every hex, from Rhapsody
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Rice Flower paired with a cool bold indigo #4C57A2, a warm pale gold #DDC795, a vivid lime #BAFF7D: hex values and roles, from Rhapsody
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