Ecru #FEFFCA

About this color

#FEFFCA is a very light, muted yellow. In OKLCH its lightness is 99%, its chroma 0.068 and its hue 108°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Ecru. Black text reads best on it, at 20.37:1.

Colors that go with Ecru

Matches found by rotating Ecru around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Ecru

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Ecru, closest first.

• Bracken Ridge
• Pumpkin and Harvest
• Wildflower and Hay
• Matcha and Hojicha
• Dune Heat
• Lime Slice
• Clementine Grove
• Kumquat Peel

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Ecru, with their ΔE distance.

• Egg Shell #FFFCC4 ΔE 0.008
• Cream #FFFFC2 ΔE 0.010
• Eggshell #FFFFD4 ΔE 0.013
• Lemon Chiffon #FFFACD ΔE 0.015
• Pale #FFF9D0 ΔE 0.019
• Light Goldenrod Yellow #FAFAD2 ΔE 0.020
• Light Beige #FFFEB6 ΔE 0.023
• Creme #FFFFB6 ΔE 0.024

More about Ecru

• Shades of yellow
• What yellow means

How to make Ecru

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 4 parts white
• 1 part yellow

Recipe result: #FDF8AD, a difference of ΔE 0.034 from Ecru. That is close; add a little more of one paint to match.

What colors make yellow? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Ecru in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Ecru

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 50.

1. Step 50

   50 (this color)

   #FEFFCA

   oklch(98.6% 0.068 108.5)

2. Step 100

   100

   #EBECD8

   oklch(93.7% 0.026 109.2)

3. Step 200

   200

   #DBDCB8

   oklch(88.4% 0.048 108.6)

4. Step 300

   300

   #C5C583

   oklch(80.8% 0.086 108.2)

5. Step 400

   400

   #A9A729

   oklch(70.8% 0.14 108.6)

6. Step 500

   500

   #918F00

   oklch(63.1% 0.137 108.8)

7. Step 600

   600

   #7A7800

   oklch(55.6% 0.12 108.6)

8. Step 700

   700

   #666500

   oklch(49.1% 0.107 109.1)

9. Step 800

   800

   #545200

   oklch(42.7% 0.092 108.1)

10. Step 900

    900

    #464400

    oklch(37.6% 0.081 107.8)

11. Step 950

    950

    #292800

    oklch(26.9% 0.058 108.3)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Ecru with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.