#DAFFAD
Pale Yellow · very light cool green
About #DAFFAD
#DAFFAD is a very light, moderately saturated green colour. Digitally that works out to 85% red, 100% green and 68% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 32% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
Visually it is somewhere between Pale Yellow and Butter (ΔE 17.8), with Butter the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #D2ADFF (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 — 18.89:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #DAFFAD
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How #DAFFAD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #DAFFAD?
#DAFFAD is a very light, moderately saturated green colour. Digitally that works out to 85% red, 100% green and 68% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 32% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
›What text colour should I use on #DAFFAD?
Use black text. Black on #DAFFAD has a contrast ratio of 18.89:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #DAFFAD?
Its complementary colour is #D2ADFF, and analogous partners are #FFFBAD and #B1FFAD.