ColorXprez

#EDF0CB

Cream · very light warm yellow

About #EDF0CB

#EDF0CB is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 94% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Cream (ΔE 6.4); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CECBF0 — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EDF0CB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.93:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red237
Green240
Blue203

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 6.4
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 6.6
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 9.3

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

Text on #EDF0CB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #EDF0CB.
1.17:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #EDF0CB.
17.93:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EDF0CB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EDF0CB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F6ECC9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F6EECC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F2EBE6

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDF0CB?

#EDF0CB is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 94% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EDF0CB?

Use black text. Black on #EDF0CB has a contrast ratio of 17.93:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDF0CB?

Its complementary colour is #CECBF0, and analogous partners are #F0E1CB and #DBF0CB.