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#DEFFB1

Pale Yellow · very light cool green

About #DEFFB1

With the hex code #DEFFB1, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 100% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 31% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Pale Yellow and Butter — a ΔE of 17.9 — followed by Butter. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #D2B1FF, a mauve shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 19.04:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red222
Green255
Blue177

Closest named colours

Pale Yellow
#FDFD96 · ΔE 17.9
Butter
#FFF1A8 · ΔE 18.2
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 20.8

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

Text on #DEFFB1

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale yellow #DEFFB1.
1.10:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale yellow #DEFFB1.
19.04:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DEFFB1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DEFFB1
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF5AC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFF3B5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E2F8EB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DEFFB1?

With the hex code #DEFFB1, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 100% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 31% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #DEFFB1?

Use black text. Black on #DEFFB1 has a contrast ratio of 19.04:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DEFFB1?

Its complementary colour is #D2B1FF, and analogous partners are #FFF9B1 and #B7FFB1.