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#ECEDBB

Cream · very light warm yellow

About #ECEDBB

With the hex code #ECEDBB, this is a very light yellow with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 93% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 21% 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 6.6 — followed by Vanilla. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BCBBED, 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 — 17.40:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red236
Green237
Blue187

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 6.6
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 7.6
Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 10.3

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

Text on #ECEDBB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #ECEDBB.
1.21:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #ECEDBB.
17.40:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#ECEDBB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F6E9B8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F6EBBD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F3E7DF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECEDBB?

With the hex code #ECEDBB, this is a very light yellow with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 93% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 21% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #ECEDBB?

Use black text. Black on #ECEDBB has a contrast ratio of 17.40:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECEDBB?

Its complementary colour is #BCBBED, and analogous partners are #EDD5BB and #D3EDBB.