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#ECEBBD

Cream · very light warm yellow

About #ECEBBD

With the hex code #ECEBBD, this is a very light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 92% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Cream — a ΔE of 6.4 — followed by Vanilla. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BDBEEC, a periwinkle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best 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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Red236
Green235
Blue189

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 6.4
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 8.3
Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 9.1

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

Text on #ECEBBD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

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

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#ECEBBD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F3E7BA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F4E9BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F3E5DE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECEBBD?

With the hex code #ECEBBD, this is a very light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 92% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #ECEBBD?

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

›What colours go with #ECEBBD?

Its complementary colour is #BDBEEC, and analogous partners are #ECD4BD and #D6ECBD.