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#F0EEC6

Cream · very light warm yellow

About #F0EEC6

#F0EEC6 is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 94% red, 93% green and 78% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 17% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Cream (ΔE 5.6), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C6C8F0 (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 17.75:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red240
Green238
Blue198

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 5.6
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 8.2
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 9.2

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

Text on #F0EEC6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #F0EEC6.
1.18:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #F0EEC6.
17.75:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F0EEC6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F0EEC6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F5EBC4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F7EDC7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F7E8E3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F0EEC6?

#F0EEC6 is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 94% red, 93% green and 78% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 17% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F0EEC6?

Use black text. Black on #F0EEC6 has a contrast ratio of 17.75:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F0EEC6?

Its complementary colour is #C6C8F0, and analogous partners are #F0D9C6 and #DDF0C6.