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#F3EFD3

Beige · very light warm yellow

About #F3EFD3

With the hex code #F3EFD3, this is a very light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 95% red, 94% green and 83% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 13% 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 2.9 — followed by Eggshell. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #D3D7F3, 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 — 18.10:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red243
Green239
Blue211

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 2.9
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 4.3
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 5.1

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

Text on #F3EFD3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #F3EFD3.
1.16:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #F3EFD3.
18.10:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F3EFD3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F3EFD3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F5EDD1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F6EFD4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F8EBE7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F3EFD3?

With the hex code #F3EFD3, this is a very light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 95% red, 94% green and 83% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 13% yellow and 5% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #F3EFD3?

Use black text. Black on #F3EFD3 has a contrast ratio of 18.10:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F3EFD3?

Its complementary colour is #D3D7F3, and analogous partners are #F3DFD3 and #E7F3D3.