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#F2EED1

Beige · very light warm yellow

About #F2EED1

#F2EED1 is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 93% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 14% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 3.4); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D1D5F2 — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F2EED1 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.93:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red242
Green238
Blue209

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 3.4
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 4.7
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 5.1

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

Text on #F2EED1

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #F2EED1.
1.17:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #F2EED1.
17.93:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F2EED1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F2EED1
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F4ECCF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F5EED2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F8EAE6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F2EED1?

#F2EED1 is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 93% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 14% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F2EED1?

Use black text. Black on #F2EED1 has a contrast ratio of 17.93:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F2EED1?

Its complementary colour is #D1D5F2, and analogous partners are #F2DED1 and #E5F2D1.