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#EFEFC7

Cream · very light warm yellow

About #EFEFC7

#EFEFC7 is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 94% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Cream (ΔE 5.5); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C7C7EF — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EFEFC7 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.84:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red239
Green239
Blue199

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 5.5
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 8.1
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 9.6

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

Text on #EFEFC7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #EFEFC7.
1.18:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #EFEFC7.
17.84:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EFEFC7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EFEFC7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F6EBC5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F7EDC8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F5EAE4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EFEFC7?

#EFEFC7 is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 94% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EFEFC7?

Use black text. Black on #EFEFC7 has a contrast ratio of 17.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EFEFC7?

Its complementary colour is #C7C7EF, and analogous partners are #EFDBC7 and #DBEFC7.