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#E4EDBC

Cream · very light warm green

About #E4EDBC

#E4EDBC is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 93% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 21% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Cream (ΔE 8.0); Vanilla comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C5BCED — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E4EDBC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.14:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red228
Green237
Blue188

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 8.0
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 10.3
Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 12.9

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

Text on #E4EDBC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #E4EDBC.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #E4EDBC.
17.14:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E4EDBC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E4EDBC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F4E8B9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F3E8BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EAE7E0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E4EDBC?

#E4EDBC is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 93% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 21% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E4EDBC?

Use black text. Black on #E4EDBC has a contrast ratio of 17.14:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E4EDBC?

Its complementary colour is #C5BCED, and analogous partners are #EDDEBC and #CCEDBC.