#D5FFB3
Pale Yellow · very light cool green
About #D5FFB3
#D5FFB3 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 100% green and 70% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 30% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Pale Yellow and Butter (ΔE 21.1); Butter comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DDB3FF — a mauve tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #D5FFB3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.78:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #D5FFB3?
#D5FFB3 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 100% green and 70% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 30% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #D5FFB3?
Use black text. Black on #D5FFB3 has a contrast ratio of 18.78:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #D5FFB3?
Its complementary colour is #DDB3FF, and analogous partners are #FBFFB3 and #B3FFB7.