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#EFEFCD

Beige · very light warm yellow

About #EFEFCD

#EFEFCD is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 94% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 5.2); Cream comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CDCDEF — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EFEFCD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.90:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red239
Green239
Blue205

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 5.2
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 7.2
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 7.5

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

Text on #EFEFCD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #EFEFCD.
1.17:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #EFEFCD.
17.90:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EFEFCD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F5ECCB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F6EECE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F4EAE5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EFEFCD?

#EFEFCD is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 94% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EFEFCD?

Use black text. Black on #EFEFCD has a contrast ratio of 17.90:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EFEFCD?

Its complementary colour is #CDCDEF, and analogous partners are #EFDECD and #DEEFCD.