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#F3F2DE

Beige · very light warm yellow

About #F3F2DE

#F3F2DE is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 95% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Beige (ΔE 2.7); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DEDFF3 — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F3F2DE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.57:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red243
Green242
Blue222

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 2.7
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 3.0
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 5.3

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

Text on #F3F2DE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #F3F2DE.
1.13:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #F3F2DE.
18.57:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F3F2DE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F3F2DE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F6F0DD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F7F1DF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F7EFEC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F3F2DE?

#F3F2DE is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 95% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F3F2DE?

Use black text. Black on #F3F2DE has a contrast ratio of 18.57:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F3F2DE?

Its complementary colour is #DEDFF3, and analogous partners are #F3E8DE and #EAF3DE.