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#EBECC4

Cream · very light warm yellow

About #EBECC4

#EBECC4 is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 92% red, 93% green and 77% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Cream (ΔE 6.5), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C5C4EC (periwinkle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.33:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red235
Green236
Blue196

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 6.5
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 8.5
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 9.8

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

Text on #EBECC4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #EBECC4.
1.21:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #EBECC4.
17.33:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EBECC4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EBECC4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F3E8C2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F4EAC5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F1E7E1

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EBECC4?

#EBECC4 is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 92% red, 93% green and 77% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EBECC4?

Use black text. Black on #EBECC4 has a contrast ratio of 17.33:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EBECC4?

Its complementary colour is #C5C4EC, and analogous partners are #ECD9C4 and #D7ECC4.