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#EDEBBC

Cream · very light warm yellow

About #EDEBBC

With the hex code #EDEBBC, this is a very light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 92% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 1% 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 6.4 — followed by Vanilla. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BCBEED, a periwinkle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.21:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red237
Green235
Blue188

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 6.4
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 7.7
Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 8.8

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

Text on #EDEBBC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #EDEBBC.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #EDEBBC.
17.21:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EDEBBC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F3E7B9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F5EABE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F5E5DE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDEBBC?

With the hex code #EDEBBC, this is a very light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 92% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 21% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #EDEBBC?

Use black text. Black on #EDEBBC has a contrast ratio of 17.21:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDEBBC?

Its complementary colour is #BCBEED, and analogous partners are #EDD3BC and #D7EDBC.