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#FFF593

Pale Yellow · very light warm yellow

About #FFF593

#FFF593 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 96% green and 58% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 42% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Yellow (ΔE 4.9); Butter comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #939DFF — a cornflower tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FFF593 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.73:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green245
Blue147

Closest named colours

Pale Yellow
#FDFD96 · ΔE 4.9
Butter
#FFF1A8 · ΔE 12.0
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 19.7

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

Text on #FFF593

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale yellow #FFF593.
1.12:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale yellow #FFF593.
18.73:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFF593 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFF593
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFEF8B
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFF497
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFE9DD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFF593?

#FFF593 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 96% green and 58% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 42% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFF593?

Use black text. Black on #FFF593 has a contrast ratio of 18.73:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFF593?

Its complementary colour is #939DFF, and analogous partners are #FFBF93 and #D3FF93.