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#F8FF87

Pale Yellow · very light warm yellow

About #F8FF87

#F8FF87 is a vivid, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 97% red, 100% green and 53% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 47% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Yellow (ΔE 8.2); Lemon comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #8E87FF — a royal blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F8FF87 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 19.65:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red248
Green255
Blue135

Closest named colours

Pale Yellow
#FDFD96 · ΔE 8.2
Lemon
#FFF44F · ΔE 21.1
Butter
#FFF1A8 · ΔE 23.2

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

Text on #F8FF87

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale yellow #F8FF87.
1.07:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale yellow #F8FF87.
19.65:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F8FF87 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F8FF87
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF67C
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFF98D
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFF3E3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F8FF87?

#F8FF87 is a vivid, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 97% red, 100% green and 53% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 47% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F8FF87?

Use black text. Black on #F8FF87 has a contrast ratio of 19.65:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F8FF87?

Its complementary colour is #8E87FF, and analogous partners are #FFCA87 and #BCFF87.