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#EEEDD0

Beige · very light warm yellow

About #EEEDD0

#EEEDD0 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, 13% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 3.5); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D0D1EE — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EEEDD0 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.66:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red238
Green237
Blue208

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 3.5
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 4.9
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 6.0

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

Text on #EEEDD0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #EEEDD0.
1.19:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #EEEDD0.
17.66:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EEEDD0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EEEDD0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F3EACE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F3ECD1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F3E9E5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EEEDD0?

#EEEDD0 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, 13% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EEEDD0?

Use black text. Black on #EEEDD0 has a contrast ratio of 17.66:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EEEDD0?

Its complementary colour is #D0D1EE, and analogous partners are #EEDED0 and #E0EED0.