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#D3FFA4

Pale Yellow · very light cool green

About #D3FFA4

With the hex code #D3FFA4, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 83% red, 100% green and 64% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 36% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Pale Yellow and Pistachio — a ΔE of 18.1 — followed by Pistachio. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #D0A4FF, a mauve shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.61:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red211
Green255
Blue164

Closest named colours

Pale Yellow
#FDFD96 · ΔE 18.1
Pistachio
#93C572 · ΔE 21.0
Mint
#98FF98 · ΔE 21.1

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

Text on #D3FFA4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale yellow #D3FFA4.
1.13:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale yellow #D3FFA4.
18.61:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D3FFA4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D3FFA4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF39E
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFF0A9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D6F8E8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D3FFA4?

With the hex code #D3FFA4, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 83% red, 100% green and 64% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 36% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #D3FFA4?

Use black text. Black on #D3FFA4 has a contrast ratio of 18.61:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D3FFA4?

Its complementary colour is #D0A4FF, and analogous partners are #FFFEA4 and #A5FFA4.