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#D3FFAC

Pale Yellow · very light cool green

About #D3FFAC

#D3FFAC is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 100% green and 67% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% 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 19.7); Pistachio comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D8ACFF — a mauve tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D3FFAC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.67:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red211
Green255
Blue172

Closest named colours

Pale Yellow
#FDFD96 · ΔE 19.7
Pistachio
#93C572 · ΔE 21.2
Butter
#FFF1A8 · ΔE 22.5

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

Text on #D3FFAC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale yellow #D3FFAC.
1.12:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale yellow #D3FFAC.
18.67:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D3FFAC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D3FFAC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF4A6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFF0B0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D5F8EA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D3FFAC?

#D3FFAC is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 100% green and 67% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 33% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D3FFAC?

Use black text. Black on #D3FFAC has a contrast ratio of 18.67:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D3FFAC?

Its complementary colour is #D8ACFF, and analogous partners are #FCFFAC and #ACFFAF.