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#F4F4DF

Beige · very light warm yellow

About #F4F4DF

With the hex code #F4F4DF, this is a very light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 96% red, 96% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 4% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is virtually identical to Beige — a ΔE of 2.0 — followed by Eggshell. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DFDFF4, 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 — 18.85:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red244
Green244
Blue223

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 2.0
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 3.8
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 5.0

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

Text on #F4F4DF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #F4F4DF.
1.11:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #F4F4DF.
18.85:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F4F4DF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F4F4DF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F8F2DE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F8F3E0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F8F1EE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F4F4DF?

With the hex code #F4F4DF, this is a very light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 96% red, 96% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 4% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #F4F4DF?

Use black text. Black on #F4F4DF has a contrast ratio of 18.85:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F4F4DF?

Its complementary colour is #DFDFF4, and analogous partners are #F4EADF and #EAF4DF.