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#F0EDCB

Beige · very light warm yellow

About #F0EDCB

#F0EDCB is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 93% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 15% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 5.6); Champagne comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CBCEF0 — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F0EDCB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.68:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red240
Green237
Blue203

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 5.6
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 6.6
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 7.2

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

Text on #F0EDCB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #F0EDCB.
1.19:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #F0EDCB.
17.68:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F0EDCB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F0EDCB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F4EAC9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F5ECCC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F6E8E3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F0EDCB?

#F0EDCB is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 93% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 15% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F0EDCB?

Use black text. Black on #F0EDCB has a contrast ratio of 17.68:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F0EDCB?

Its complementary colour is #CBCEF0, and analogous partners are #F0DBCB and #E1F0CB.