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#F1F2CD

Cream · very light warm yellow

About #F1F2CD

#F1F2CD is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 95% red, 95% green and 80% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 5% 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 #CECDF2 (periwinkle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.32:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red241
Green242
Blue205

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 5.6
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 6.3
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 9.0

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

Text on #F1F2CD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #F1F2CD.
1.15:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #F1F2CD.
18.32:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F1F2CD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F1F2CD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F9EFCB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F9F0CE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F7EDE8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F1F2CD?

#F1F2CD is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 95% red, 95% green and 80% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F1F2CD?

Use black text. Black on #F1F2CD has a contrast ratio of 18.32:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F1F2CD?

Its complementary colour is #CECDF2, and analogous partners are #F2E1CD and #DFF2CD.