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#FCFFB4

Butter · very light warm yellow

About #FCFFB4

With the hex code #FCFFB4, this is a very light yellow with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 99% red, 100% green and 71% blue, while a printer would mix 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 29% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Butter — a ΔE of 7.6 — followed by Vanilla. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B7B4FF, a mauve shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 20.10:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red252
Green255
Blue180

Closest named colours

Butter
#FFF1A8 · ΔE 7.6
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 12.6
Pale Yellow
#FDFD96 · ΔE 13.8

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

Text on #FCFFB4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on butter #FCFFB4.
1.04:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on butter #FCFFB4.
20.10:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FCFFB4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FCFFB4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF9AF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFFBB7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFF6EB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FCFFB4?

With the hex code #FCFFB4, this is a very light yellow with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 99% red, 100% green and 71% blue, while a printer would mix 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 29% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #FCFFB4?

Use black text. Black on #FCFFB4 has a contrast ratio of 20.10:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FCFFB4?

Its complementary colour is #B7B4FF, and analogous partners are #FFDCB4 and #D7FFB4.