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#D1FFAB

Pale Yellow · very light cool green

About #D1FFAB

#D1FFAB is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 100% green and 67% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 33% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Pale Yellow and Pistachio (ΔE 20.1); Pistachio comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D9ABFF — a mauve tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D1FFAB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.60:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red209
Green255
Blue171

Closest named colours

Pale Yellow
#FDFD96 · ΔE 20.1
Pistachio
#93C572 · ΔE 20.9
Mint
#98FF98 · ΔE 21.8

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #D1FFAB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale yellow #D1FFAB.
1.13:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale yellow #D1FFAB.
18.60:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D1FFAB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D1FFAB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF3A5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFF0AF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D3F8E9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D1FFAB?

#D1FFAB is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 100% green and 67% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 33% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D1FFAB?

Use black text. Black on #D1FFAB has a contrast ratio of 18.60:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D1FFAB?

Its complementary colour is #D9ABFF, and analogous partners are #FBFFAB and #ABFFAF.