#D7FFB4
Butter · very light cool green
About #D7FFB4
#D7FFB4 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 100% green and 71% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 29% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Butter and Pale Yellow (ΔE 20.6); Pale Yellow comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DCB4FF — a mauve tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #D7FFB4 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.85:1 (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 #D7FFB4?
#D7FFB4 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 100% green and 71% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 29% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #D7FFB4?
Use black text. Black on #D7FFB4 has a contrast ratio of 18.85:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #D7FFB4?
Its complementary colour is #DCB4FF, and analogous partners are #FDFFB4 and #B4FFB7.