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#E4FFB9

Butter · very light cool green

About #E4FFB9

#E4FFB9 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 100% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 27% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Butter and Cream (ΔE 16.1); Cream comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D4B9FF — a mauve tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E4FFB9 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 19.30:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red228
Green255
Blue185

Closest named colours

Butter
#FFF1A8 · ΔE 16.1
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 16.5
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 17.5

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

Text on #E4FFB9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on butter #E4FFB9.
1.09:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on butter #E4FFB9.
19.30:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E4FFB9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E4FFB9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF6B5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFF5BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E8F8EC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E4FFB9?

#E4FFB9 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 100% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 27% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #E4FFB9?

Use black text. Black on #E4FFB9 has a contrast ratio of 19.30:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E4FFB9?

Its complementary colour is #D4B9FF, and analogous partners are #FFF7B9 and #C1FFB9.