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#EDEFC2

Cream · very light warm yellow

About #EDEFC2

#EDEFC2 is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 94% green and 76% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Cream (ΔE 5.4), with Vanilla the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C4C2EF (periwinkle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.73:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red237
Green239
Blue194

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 5.4
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 9.7
Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 10.5

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

Text on #EDEFC2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #EDEFC2.
1.18:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #EDEFC2.
17.73:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EDEFC2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EDEFC2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F7EBBF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F7EDC4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F4E9E3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDEFC2?

#EDEFC2 is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 94% green and 76% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EDEFC2?

Use black text. Black on #EDEFC2 has a contrast ratio of 17.73:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDEFC2?

Its complementary colour is #C4C2EF, and analogous partners are #EFDBC2 and #D7EFC2.