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#EFF1CA

Cream · very light warm yellow

About #EFF1CA

#EFF1CA is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 94% red, 95% green and 79% 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 5.4), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #CCCAF1 (periwinkle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.11:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red239
Green241
Blue202

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 5.4
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 7.4
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 9.8

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

Text on #EFF1CA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #EFF1CA.
1.16:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #EFF1CA.
18.11:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EFF1CA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EFF1CA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F8EDC8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F8EFCB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F5ECE6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EFF1CA?

#EFF1CA is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 94% red, 95% green and 79% 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 #EFF1CA?

Use black text. Black on #EFF1CA has a contrast ratio of 18.11:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EFF1CA?

Its complementary colour is #CCCAF1, and analogous partners are #F1E0CA and #DBF1CA.