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#E8EBBF

Cream · very light warm yellow

About #E8EBBF

#E8EBBF is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 91% red, 92% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 8% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Cream (ΔE 6.9), with Vanilla the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C2BFEB (periwinkle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.07:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red232
Green235
Blue191

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 6.9
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 10.0
Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 10.4

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

Text on #E8EBBF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #E8EBBF.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #E8EBBF.
17.07:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E8EBBF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E8EBBF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F2E7BC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F3E8C1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EEE5DF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E8EBBF?

#E8EBBF is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 91% red, 92% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 8% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E8EBBF?

Use black text. Black on #E8EBBF has a contrast ratio of 17.07:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E8EBBF?

Its complementary colour is #C2BFEB, and analogous partners are #EBD8BF and #D2EBBF.