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#DDFFAD

Pale Yellow · very light cool green

About #DDFFAD

#DDFFAD is a very light, moderately saturated green colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 100% green and 68% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% 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 16.9), with Butter the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #CFADFF (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 — 18.98:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red221
Green255
Blue173

Closest named colours

Pale Yellow
#FDFD96 · ΔE 16.9
Butter
#FFF1A8 · ΔE 18.8
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 22.0

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

Text on #DDFFAD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale yellow #DDFFAD.
1.11:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale yellow #DDFFAD.
18.98:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DDFFAD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF5A7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFF3B1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E1F8EA

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DDFFAD?

#DDFFAD is a very light, moderately saturated green colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 100% green and 68% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 32% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DDFFAD?

Use black text. Black on #DDFFAD has a contrast ratio of 18.98:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DDFFAD?

Its complementary colour is #CFADFF, and analogous partners are #FFF8AD and #B4FFAD.