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#FFFDBB

Butter · very light warm yellow

About #FFFDBB

#FFFDBB is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 99% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 27% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Butter (ΔE 7.1); Vanilla comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BBBDFF — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FFFDBB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 20.02:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green253
Blue187

Closest named colours

Butter
#FFF1A8 · ΔE 7.1
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 9.3
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 10.5

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

Text on #FFFDBB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on butter #FFFDBB.
1.05:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on butter #FFFDBB.
20.02:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#FFFDBB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF8B7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFFBBD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFF5EC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFFDBB?

#FFFDBB is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 99% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 27% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFFDBB?

Use black text. Black on #FFFDBB has a contrast ratio of 20.02:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFFDBB?

Its complementary colour is #BBBDFF, and analogous partners are #FFDBBB and #DFFFBB.