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#F1EABE

Cream · very light warm yellow

About #F1EABE

#F1EABE is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 92% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 3% magenta, 21% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Cream (ΔE 6.5); Wheat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BEC5F1 — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F1EABE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.25:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red241
Green234
Blue190

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 6.5
Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 7.0
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 8.0

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

Text on #F1EABE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #F1EABE.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #F1EABE.
17.25:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F1EABE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F1EABE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F3E7BB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F5EABF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F9E4DE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F1EABE?

#F1EABE is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 92% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 3% magenta, 21% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F1EABE?

Use black text. Black on #F1EABE has a contrast ratio of 17.25:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F1EABE?

Its complementary colour is #BEC5F1, and analogous partners are #F1D1BE and #DFF1BE.