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#EAECB7

Vanilla · very light warm yellow

About #EAECB7

#EAECB7 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 93% green and 72% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Vanilla (ΔE 7.1); Cream comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B9B7EC — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EAECB7 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.18:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red234
Green236
Blue183

Closest named colours

Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 7.1
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 7.8
Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 11.1

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

Text on #EAECB7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on vanilla #EAECB7.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on vanilla #EAECB7.
17.18:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EAECB7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EAECB7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F5E7B4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F5E9B9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F2E5DE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EAECB7?

#EAECB7 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 93% green and 72% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EAECB7?

Use black text. Black on #EAECB7 has a contrast ratio of 17.18:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EAECB7?

Its complementary colour is #B9B7EC, and analogous partners are #ECD4B7 and #CFECB7.