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#FBFDD6

Cream · very light warm yellow

About #FBFDD6

#FBFDD6 is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 98% red, 99% green and 84% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 1% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Cream (ΔE 3.4), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #D8D6FD (periwinkle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 20.12:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red251
Green253
Blue214

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 3.4
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 7.4
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 11.2

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

Text on #FBFDD6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #FBFDD6.
1.04:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #FBFDD6.
20.12:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FBFDD6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FBFDD6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF9D4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFFBD7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFF8F2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FBFDD6?

#FBFDD6 is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 98% red, 99% green and 84% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 1% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FBFDD6?

Use black text. Black on #FBFDD6 has a contrast ratio of 20.12:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FBFDD6?

Its complementary colour is #D8D6FD, and analogous partners are #FDECD6 and #E8FDD6.