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#FFFCC5

Cream · very light warm yellow

About #FFFCC5

#FFFCC5 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 99% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 23% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Cream (ΔE 5.1); Vanilla comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C5C8FF — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FFFCC5 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 19.98:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green252
Blue197

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 5.1
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 8.7
Butter
#FFF1A8 · ΔE 10.9

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

Text on #FFFCC5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #FFFCC5.
1.05:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #FFFCC5.
19.98:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFFCC5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFFCC5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF8C2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFFBC7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFF5ED

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFFCC5?

#FFFCC5 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 99% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 23% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFFCC5?

Use black text. Black on #FFFCC5 has a contrast ratio of 19.98:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFFCC5?

Its complementary colour is #C5C8FF, and analogous partners are #FFDFC5 and #E5FFC5.