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#D8FFB4

Butter · very light cool green

About #D8FFB4

With the hex code #D8FFB4, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 85% red, 100% green and 71% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 29% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Butter and Pale Yellow — a ΔE of 20.2 — followed by Pale Yellow. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DBB4FF, a mauve shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.88:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red216
Green255
Blue180

Closest named colours

Butter
#FFF1A8 · ΔE 20.2
Pale Yellow
#FDFD96 · ΔE 20.6
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 21.4

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

Text on #D8FFB4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on butter #D8FFB4.
1.11:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on butter #D8FFB4.
18.88:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D8FFB4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D8FFB4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF5AF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFF2B8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DAF9EB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D8FFB4?

With the hex code #D8FFB4, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 85% red, 100% green and 71% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 29% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #D8FFB4?

Use black text. Black on #D8FFB4 has a contrast ratio of 18.88:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D8FFB4?

Its complementary colour is #DBB4FF, and analogous partners are #FEFFB4 and #B4FFB6.