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#FBFED0

Cream · very light warm yellow

About #FBFED0

#FBFED0 is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 98% red, 100% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Cream (ΔE 1.9); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D3D0FE — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FBFED0 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 20.19:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red251
Green254
Blue208

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 1.9
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 10.8
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 12.2

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

Text on #FBFED0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #FBFED0.
1.04:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #FBFED0.
20.19:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FBFED0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FBFED0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFFACD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFFBD2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFF8F1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FBFED0?

#FBFED0 is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 98% red, 100% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FBFED0?

Use black text. Black on #FBFED0 has a contrast ratio of 20.19:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FBFED0?

Its complementary colour is #D3D0FE, and analogous partners are #FEEAD0 and #E4FED0.