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#EEF4D5

Beige · very light warm green

About #EEF4D5

#EEF4D5 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 96% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 3.9); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DBD5F4 — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EEF4D5 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.54:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red238
Green244
Blue213

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 3.9
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 7.4
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 8.3

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

Text on #EEF4D5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #EEF4D5.
1.13:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #EEF4D5.
18.54:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EEF4D5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EEF4D5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F9F0D3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F8F1D6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F2F0EB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EEF4D5?

#EEF4D5 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 96% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EEF4D5?

Use black text. Black on #EEF4D5 has a contrast ratio of 18.54:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EEF4D5?

Its complementary colour is #DBD5F4, and analogous partners are #F4EBD5 and #DFF4D5.