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#FDFFB4

Butter · very light warm yellow

About #FDFFB4

#FDFFB4 is a very light, moderately saturated yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 99% red, 100% green and 71% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 29% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Butter (ΔE 7.3), with Vanilla the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #B6B4FF (mauve), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 20.14:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red253
Green255
Blue180

Closest named colours

Butter
#FFF1A8 · ΔE 7.3
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 12.4
Pale Yellow
#FDFD96 · ΔE 13.7

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

Text on #FDFFB4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on butter #FDFFB4.
1.04:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on butter #FDFFB4.
20.14:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FDFFB4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FDFFB4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF9AF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFFCB7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFF6EB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FDFFB4?

#FDFFB4 is a very light, moderately saturated yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 99% red, 100% green and 71% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 29% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FDFFB4?

Use black text. Black on #FDFFB4 has a contrast ratio of 20.14:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FDFFB4?

Its complementary colour is #B6B4FF, and analogous partners are #FFDCB4 and #D8FFB4.