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#FFFBCC

Cream · very light warm yellow

About #FFFBCC

#FFFBCC is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 98% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 20% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Cream (ΔE 1.4); Vanilla comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CCD0FF — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FFFBCC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 19.92:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green251
Blue204

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 1.4
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 10.2
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 11.3

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

Text on #FFFBCC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #FFFBCC.
1.05:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #FFFBCC.
19.92:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#FFFBCC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF7C9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFFACE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFF4EE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFFBCC?

#FFFBCC is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 98% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 20% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFFBCC?

Use black text. Black on #FFFBCC has a contrast ratio of 19.92:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFFBCC?

Its complementary colour is #CCD0FF, and analogous partners are #FFE1CC and #EAFFCC.