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#EAE9BF

Cream · very light warm yellow

About #EAE9BF

#EAE9BF is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 92% red, 91% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 8% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Cream (ΔE 7.1), with Wheat the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BFC0EA (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 — 16.91:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red234
Green233
Blue191

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 7.1
Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 8.9
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 9.9

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

Text on #EAE9BF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #EAE9BF.
1.24:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #EAE9BF.
16.91:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EAE9BF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EAE9BF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F1E5BC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F2E8C0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F1E3DD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EAE9BF?

#EAE9BF is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 92% red, 91% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 8% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EAE9BF?

Use black text. Black on #EAE9BF has a contrast ratio of 16.91:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EAE9BF?

Its complementary colour is #BFC0EA, and analogous partners are #EAD3BF and #D6EABF.