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#ECEDCF

Beige · very light warm yellow

About #ECEDCF

#ECEDCF is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 93% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 4.0); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D0CFED — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECEDCF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.58:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red236
Green237
Blue207

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 4.0
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 5.7
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 6.8

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

Text on #ECEDCF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #ECEDCF.
1.19:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #ECEDCF.
17.58:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#ECEDCF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F2EACD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F3EBD0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F1E9E4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECEDCF?

#ECEDCF is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 93% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECEDCF?

Use black text. Black on #ECEDCF has a contrast ratio of 17.58:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECEDCF?

Its complementary colour is #D0CFED, and analogous partners are #EDDFCF and #DDEDCF.