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#ECEFC7

Cream · very light warm yellow

About #ECEFC7

#ECEFC7 is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 94% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Cream (ΔE 5.9); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CAC7EF — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECEFC7 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.74:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red236
Green239
Blue199

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 5.9
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 8.2
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 10.3

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

Text on #ECEFC7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #ECEFC7.
1.18:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #ECEFC7.
17.74:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECEFC7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECEFC7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F6EBC5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F6ECC8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F2EAE4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECEFC7?

#ECEFC7 is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 94% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECEFC7?

Use black text. Black on #ECEFC7 has a contrast ratio of 17.74:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECEFC7?

Its complementary colour is #CAC7EF, and analogous partners are #EFDEC7 and #D8EFC7.