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#EEEDDC

Eggshell · very light warm yellow

About #EEEDDC

#EEEDDC is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 93% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Eggshell (ΔE 2.5); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DCDDEE — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EEEDDC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.78:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red238
Green237
Blue220

Closest named colours

Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 2.5
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 4.8
Linen
#FAF0E6 · ΔE 5.2

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

Text on #EEEDDC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggshell #EEEDDC.
1.18:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggshell #EEEDDC.
17.78:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EEEDDC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F0ECDB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F1EDDD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F1EBE8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EEEDDC?

#EEEDDC is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 93% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EEEDDC?

Use black text. Black on #EEEDDC has a contrast ratio of 17.78:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EEEDDC?

Its complementary colour is #DCDDEE, and analogous partners are #EEE4DC and #E6EEDC.