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#F2FFAE

Butter · very light warm green

About #F2FFAE

#F2FFAE is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 100% green and 68% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 5% cyan, 0% magenta, 32% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Butter (ΔE 11.3); Pale Yellow comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BBAEFF — a mauve tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F2FFAE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 19.69:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red242
Green255
Blue174

Closest named colours

Butter
#FFF1A8 · ΔE 11.3
Pale Yellow
#FDFD96 · ΔE 12.1
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 16.2

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

Text on #F2FFAE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on butter #F2FFAE.
1.07:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on butter #F2FFAE.
19.69:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F2FFAE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F2FFAE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF7A8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFF8B2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FBF6EA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F2FFAE?

#F2FFAE is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 100% green and 68% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 5% cyan, 0% magenta, 32% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F2FFAE?

Use black text. Black on #F2FFAE has a contrast ratio of 19.69:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F2FFAE?

Its complementary colour is #BBAEFF, and analogous partners are #FFE4AE and #CAFFAE.