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#EDEABC

Cream · very light warm yellow

About #EDEABC

#EDEABC is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 92% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 21% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Cream (ΔE 6.6); Vanilla comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BCBFED — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EDEABC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.10:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red237
Green234
Blue188

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 6.6
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 7.8
Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 8.3

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

Text on #EDEABC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #EDEABC.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #EDEABC.
17.10:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EDEABC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F2E6B9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F4E9BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F5E4DD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDEABC?

#EDEABC is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 92% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 21% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EDEABC?

Use black text. Black on #EDEABC has a contrast ratio of 17.10:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDEABC?

Its complementary colour is #BCBFED, and analogous partners are #EDD2BC and #D8EDBC.