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#F2F3DF

Beige · very light warm yellow

About #F2F3DF

With the hex code #F2F3DF, this is a very light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 95% red, 95% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 5% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is virtually identical to Beige — a ΔE of 2.6 — followed by Eggshell. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E0DFF3, a lavender shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.66:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red242
Green243
Blue223

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 2.6
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 3.7
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 5.1

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

Text on #F2F3DF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #F2F3DF.
1.13:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #F2F3DF.
18.66:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F2F3DF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F2F3DF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F7F1DE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F7F2E0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F5F0ED

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F2F3DF?

With the hex code #F2F3DF, this is a very light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 95% red, 95% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 5% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #F2F3DF?

Use black text. Black on #F2F3DF has a contrast ratio of 18.66:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F2F3DF?

Its complementary colour is #E0DFF3, and analogous partners are #F3EADF and #E8F3DF.