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#EFECC7

Cream · very light warm yellow

About #EFECC7

#EFECC7 is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 93% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 17% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Cream (ΔE 6.8); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C7CAEF — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EFECC7 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.49:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red239
Green236
Blue199

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 6.8
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 7.1
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 7.7

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

Text on #EFECC7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #EFECC7.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #EFECC7.
17.49:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EFECC7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EFECC7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F3E9C5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F4EBC8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F5E7E2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EFECC7?

#EFECC7 is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 93% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 17% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EFECC7?

Use black text. Black on #EFECC7 has a contrast ratio of 17.49:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EFECC7?

Its complementary colour is #C7CAEF, and analogous partners are #EFD8C7 and #DEEFC7.