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#EAECBD

Cream · very light warm yellow

About #EAECBD

#EAECBD is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 93% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Cream (ΔE 6.6); Vanilla comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BFBDEC — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EAECBD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.23:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red234
Green236
Blue189

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 6.6
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 8.8
Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 10.3

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

Text on #EAECBD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #EAECBD.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #EAECBD.
17.23:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EAECBD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F4E8BA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F4E9BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F1E6DF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EAECBD?

#EAECBD is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 93% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EAECBD?

Use black text. Black on #EAECBD has a contrast ratio of 17.23:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EAECBD?

Its complementary colour is #BFBDEC, and analogous partners are #ECD7BD and #D3ECBD.