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#F4EFD4

Beige · very light warm yellow

About #F4EFD4

#F4EFD4 is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 96% red, 94% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 13% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Beige (ΔE 2.8); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D4D9F4 — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F4EFD4 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.14:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red244
Green239
Blue212

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 2.8
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 3.9
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 4.6

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

Text on #F4EFD4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #F4EFD4.
1.16:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #F4EFD4.
18.14:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F4EFD4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F4EFD4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F5EDD2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F6EFD5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FAEBE7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F4EFD4?

#F4EFD4 is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 96% red, 94% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 13% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F4EFD4?

Use black text. Black on #F4EFD4 has a contrast ratio of 18.14:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F4EFD4?

Its complementary colour is #D4D9F4, and analogous partners are #F4DFD4 and #E9F4D4.