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#EBEEC2

Cream · very light warm yellow

About #EBEEC2

#EBEEC2 is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 92% red, 93% green and 76% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Cream (ΔE 5.9), with Vanilla the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C5C2EE (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 17.54:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red235
Green238
Blue194

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 5.9
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 10.2
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 10.3

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

Text on #EBEEC2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #EBEEC2.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #EBEEC2.
17.54:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EBEEC2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EBEEC2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F5EABF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F6EBC4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F1E8E2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EBEEC2?

#EBEEC2 is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 92% red, 93% green and 76% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EBEEC2?

Use black text. Black on #EBEEC2 has a contrast ratio of 17.54:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EBEEC2?

Its complementary colour is #C5C2EE, and analogous partners are #EEDBC2 and #D5EEC2.