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#EEF1CB

Cream · very light warm yellow

About #EEF1CB

#EEF1CB is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 95% green and 80% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Cream (ΔE 5.9), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #CECBF1 (periwinkle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.08:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red238
Green241
Blue203

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 5.9
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 7.0
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 9.7

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

Text on #EEF1CB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #EEF1CB.
1.16:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #EEF1CB.
18.08:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EEF1CB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EEF1CB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F7EDC9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F8EFCC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F3ECE6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EEF1CB?

#EEF1CB is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 95% green and 80% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EEF1CB?

Use black text. Black on #EEF1CB has a contrast ratio of 18.08:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EEF1CB?

Its complementary colour is #CECBF1, and analogous partners are #F1E1CB and #DBF1CB.