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#D4FFAB

Pale Yellow · very light cool green

About #D4FFAB

#D4FFAB 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 19.2); Pistachio comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D6ABFF — a mauve tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D4FFAB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.69:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red212
Green255
Blue171

Closest named colours

Pale Yellow
#FDFD96 · ΔE 19.2
Pistachio
#93C572 · ΔE 21.2
Butter
#FFF1A8 · ΔE 22.2

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

Text on #D4FFAB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale yellow #D4FFAB.
1.12:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale yellow #D4FFAB.
18.69:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D4FFAB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D4FFAB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF4A5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFF1AF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D7F8E9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D4FFAB?

#D4FFAB 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 #D4FFAB?

Use black text. Black on #D4FFAB has a contrast ratio of 18.69:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D4FFAB?

Its complementary colour is #D6ABFF, and analogous partners are #FEFFAB and #ABFFAC.