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#FFFDC5

Cream · very light warm yellow

About #FFFDC5

With the hex code #FFFDC5, this is a very light yellow with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 99% green and 77% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 23% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Cream — a ΔE of 5.5 — followed by Vanilla. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #C5C7FF, a periwinkle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 20.11:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green253
Blue197

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 5.5
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 9.0
Butter
#FFF1A8 · ΔE 10.7

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

Text on #FFFDC5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #FFFDC5.
1.04:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #FFFDC5.
20.11:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFFDC5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFFDC5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF8C1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFFBC7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFF6EE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFFDC5?

With the hex code #FFFDC5, this is a very light yellow with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 99% green and 77% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 23% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #FFFDC5?

Use black text. Black on #FFFDC5 has a contrast ratio of 20.11:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFFDC5?

Its complementary colour is #C5C7FF, and analogous partners are #FFE0C5 and #E4FFC5.