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#F2EFCD

Beige · very light warm yellow

About #F2EFCD

#F2EFCD is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 94% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 15% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 5.2); Champagne comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CDD0F2 — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F2EFCD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.00:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red242
Green239
Blue205

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 5.2
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 6.8
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 7.0

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

Text on #F2EFCD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #F2EFCD.
1.17:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #F2EFCD.
18.00:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F2EFCD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F2EFCD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F6ECCB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F7EECE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F8EAE5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F2EFCD?

#F2EFCD is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 94% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 15% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F2EFCD?

Use black text. Black on #F2EFCD has a contrast ratio of 18.00:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F2EFCD?

Its complementary colour is #CDD0F2, and analogous partners are #F2DDCD and #E3F2CD.