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#D8FFA3

Pale Yellow · very light cool green

About #D8FFA3

#D8FFA3 is a very light, moderately saturated green colour. Digitally that works out to 85% red, 100% green and 64% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 36% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is somewhere between Pale Yellow and Pistachio (ΔE 16.2), with Pistachio the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #CAA3FF (mauve), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.75:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red216
Green255
Blue163

Closest named colours

Pale Yellow
#FDFD96 · ΔE 16.2
Pistachio
#93C572 · ΔE 21.7
Butter
#FFF1A8 · ΔE 22.0

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

Text on #D8FFA3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale yellow #D8FFA3.
1.12:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale yellow #D8FFA3.
18.75:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D8FFA3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D8FFA3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF49C
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFF1A8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DDF7E8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D8FFA3?

#D8FFA3 is a very light, moderately saturated green colour. Digitally that works out to 85% red, 100% green and 64% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 36% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D8FFA3?

Use black text. Black on #D8FFA3 has a contrast ratio of 18.75:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D8FFA3?

Its complementary colour is #CAA3FF, and analogous partners are #FFF8A3 and #AAFFA3.