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#F2F2CD

Cream · very light warm yellow

About #F2F2CD

#F2F2CD is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 95% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Cream (ΔE 5.5); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CDCDF2 — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F2F2CD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.36:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red242
Green242
Blue205

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 5.5
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 6.3
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 8.7

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

Text on #F2F2CD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #F2F2CD.
1.14:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #F2F2CD.
18.36:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F2F2CD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F2F2CD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F9EFCB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F9F0CE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F8EDE8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F2F2CD?

#F2F2CD is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 95% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F2F2CD?

Use black text. Black on #F2F2CD has a contrast ratio of 18.36:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F2F2CD?

Its complementary colour is #CDCDF2, and analogous partners are #F2E0CD and #E0F2CD.