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#F3EED3

Beige · very light warm yellow

About #F3EED3

#F3EED3 is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 93% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 13% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 3.0); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D3D8F3 — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F3EED3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.98:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red243
Green238
Blue211

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 3.0
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 3.7
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 4.5

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

Text on #F3EED3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #F3EED3.
1.17:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #F3EED3.
17.98:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F3EED3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F3EED3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F4ECD1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F5EED4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F9EAE6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F3EED3?

#F3EED3 is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 93% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 13% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F3EED3?

Use black text. Black on #F3EED3 has a contrast ratio of 17.98:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F3EED3?

Its complementary colour is #D3D8F3, and analogous partners are #F3DED3 and #E8F3D3.