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#FCFDCF

Cream · very light warm yellow

About #FCFDCF

#FCFDCF is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 99% red, 99% green and 81% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 1% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is virtually identical to Cream (ΔE 1.2), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #D0CFFD (periwinkle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 20.09:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red252
Green253
Blue207

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 1.2
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 10.8
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 11.6

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

Text on #FCFDCF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #FCFDCF.
1.05:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #FCFDCF.
20.09:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#FCFDCF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF9CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFFBD1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFF7F0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FCFDCF?

#FCFDCF is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 99% red, 99% green and 81% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 1% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FCFDCF?

Use black text. Black on #FCFDCF has a contrast ratio of 20.09:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FCFDCF?

Its complementary colour is #D0CFFD, and analogous partners are #FDE7CF and #E5FDCF.