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#D5FF92

Pale Yellow · very light cool green

About #D5FF92

#D5FF92 is a vivid, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 100% green and 57% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 43% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Pale Yellow and Mint (ΔE 16.5); Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BC92FF — a amethyst tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D5FF92 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.55:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red213
Green255
Blue146

Closest named colours

Pale Yellow
#FDFD96 · ΔE 16.5
Mint
#98FF98 · ΔE 21.0
Pistachio
#93C572 · ΔE 23.5

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

Text on #D5FF92

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale yellow #D5FF92.
1.13:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale yellow #D5FF92.
18.55:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D5FF92 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D5FF92
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF289
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFF098
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DBF6E5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D5FF92?

#D5FF92 is a vivid, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 100% green and 57% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 43% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D5FF92?

Use black text. Black on #D5FF92 has a contrast ratio of 18.55:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D5FF92?

Its complementary colour is #BC92FF, and analogous partners are #FFF292 and #9FFF92.