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#EEEFC4

Cream · very light warm yellow

About #EEEFC4

#EEEFC4 is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 94% green and 77% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Cream (ΔE 5.2), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C5C4EF (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 17.78:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red238
Green239
Blue196

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 5.2
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 9.6
Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 10.2

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

Text on #EEEFC4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #EEEFC4.
1.18:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #EEEFC4.
17.78:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EEEFC4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EEEFC4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F6EBC1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F7EDC6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F4E9E3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EEEFC4?

#EEEFC4 is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 94% green and 77% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EEEFC4?

Use black text. Black on #EEEFC4 has a contrast ratio of 17.78:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EEEFC4?

Its complementary colour is #C5C4EF, and analogous partners are #EFDBC4 and #D9EFC4.