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#EDE7BB

Wheat · very light warm yellow

About #EDE7BB

#EDE7BB is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 91% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 3% magenta, 21% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Wheat (ΔE 6.9), with Cream the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BBC1ED (periwinkle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.75:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red237
Green231
Blue187

Closest named colours

Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 6.9
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 7.5
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 7.9

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

Text on #EDE7BB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wheat #EDE7BB.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wheat #EDE7BB.
16.75:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EDE7BB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EDE7BB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F0E4B8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F2E7BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F5E1DB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDE7BB?

#EDE7BB is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 91% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 3% magenta, 21% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EDE7BB?

Use black text. Black on #EDE7BB has a contrast ratio of 16.75:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDE7BB?

Its complementary colour is #BBC1ED, and analogous partners are #EDCEBB and #DAEDBB.