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#EDECD2

Beige · very light warm yellow

About #EDECD2

#EDECD2 is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 93% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 3.2); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D2D3ED — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EDECD2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.53:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red237
Green236
Blue210

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 3.2
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 3.6
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 5.7

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

Text on #EDECD2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #EDECD2.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #EDECD2.
17.53:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EDECD2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EDECD2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F1EAD1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F2EBD3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F1E8E5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDECD2?

#EDECD2 is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 93% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EDECD2?

Use black text. Black on #EDECD2 has a contrast ratio of 17.53:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDECD2?

Its complementary colour is #D2D3ED, and analogous partners are #EDDFD2 and #E1EDD2.