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#EEECC9

Beige · very light warm yellow

About #EEECC9

With the hex code #EEECC9, this is a very light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 93% green and 79% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 16% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Beige — a ΔE of 6.2 — followed by Champagne. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #C9CBEE, a periwinkle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.48:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red238
Green236
Blue201

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 6.2
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 7.2
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 7.5

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

Text on #EEECC9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #EEECC9.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #EEECC9.
17.48:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EEECC9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EEECC9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F3E9C7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F4EBCA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F4E7E2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EEECC9?

With the hex code #EEECC9, this is a very light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 93% green and 79% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 16% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #EEECC9?

Use black text. Black on #EEECC9 has a contrast ratio of 17.48:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EEECC9?

Its complementary colour is #C9CBEE, and analogous partners are #EEDAC9 and #DEEEC9.