Creamy Vanilla #F2E5BF RGB Color Code
Name from the community color list.
Creamy Vanilla (#F2E5BF) is a muted, very light yellow. In RGB it is made of 95% red, 90% green and 75% blue (R 242, G 229, B 191). The red channel is the strongest. In HSL it has a hue of 45°, 66% saturation and 85% lightness. Its relative luminance is 0.787, so black text is easier to read on top of it. For print, a rough CMYK match is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 21% yellow and 5% black. Check it against your printer's ICC profile before you print. It is a warm color. It goes well with cool blues and greens for contrast. For a matching look, use nearby warm tones.
Creamy Vanilla color codes
#F2E5BF in every common color format. Click a value to copy it.
| Format | Value | Copy |
|---|---|---|
| HEX | #F2E5BF | |
| RGB | rgb(242, 229, 191) | |
| HSL | hsl(45, 66%, 85%) | |
| HSV / HSB | hsv(45, 21%, 95%) | |
| HWB | hwb(45 75% 5%) | |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 5%, 21%, 5%) | |
| OKLCH | oklch(92.27% 0.0517 91.38) | |
| OKLab | oklab(92.27% -0.0012 0.0517) | |
| CIELAB | lab(91.27% 0.18 20.29) | |
| CIELCH | lch(91.27% 20.29 89.48) | |
| Display P3 | color(display-p3 0.9402 0.8998 0.765) | |
| XYZ (D65) | color(xyz-d65 0.7404 0.7868 0.6058) | |
| Decimal | 15918527 |
CMYK here is a rough screen match without an ICC profile. See CMYK and print. Relative luminance: 0.7868. Nearest web-safe color: #FFCCCC.
Mix Creamy Vanilla with other colors
See what #F2E5BF makes with red paint, under a green light, printed with cyan ink and in a digital blend with blue. Click a picture to change the colors and amounts in the color mixer.
Use Creamy Vanilla in your code
Ready to paste into CSS, Sass, Tailwind, iOS, Android and Flutter. Click the icon to copy a line.
| Where | Code | Copy |
|---|---|---|
| CSS variable | --creamy-vanilla: #F2E5BF; | |
| Sass variable | $creamy-vanilla: #F2E5BF; | |
| Tailwind CSS v4 | @theme { --color-creamy-vanilla: #F2E5BF; } | |
| Tailwind CSS v3 config | colors: { 'creamy-vanilla': '#F2E5BF' } | |
| SwiftUI | Color(red: 0.949, green: 0.898, blue: 0.749) | |
| UIKit | UIColor(red: 0.949, green: 0.898, blue: 0.749, alpha: 1) | |
| Android XML | <color name="creamy_vanilla">#FFF2E5BF</color> | |
| Flutter and Jetpack Compose | Color(0xFFF2E5BF) |
Accessibility and contrast
Black text works best on #F2E5BF (16.74:1, AAA). Here is how #F2E5BF does as a text color:
Check this color against any background in the contrast checker. WCAG ratios and APCA Lc values measure different things, so one can't stand in for the other. Learn more.
How people with color blindness see Creamy Vanilla
#F2E5BF next to its complement and its two triadic colors, as seen with each type of color blindness.
- Normal visionhow most people see it
- Protanopiano red cones, about 1% of men
- Deuteranopiano green cones, the most common type
- Tritanopiano blue cones, very rare
- Achromatopsiano color at all, very rare
With tritanopia, #F2E5BF and #E5BFF2 look much alike. Don't use these colors alone to tell things apart, for example in a chart. Add labels, patterns or a difference in lightness. Try your own colors in the color blindness simulator.
Creamy Vanilla in a user interface
A sample app screen with #F2E5BF as the main color, on a light and a dark theme.
Light theme
Dark theme
Buttons and bars use #F2E5BF as it is. On the light theme, #F2E5BF is too hard to read as text (1.25:1), so links, the badge and outline text use #827653 there (4.50:1). Build a full color scheme around it in the UI color preview.
Color harmonies for Creamy Vanilla
These schemes turn the hue of #F2E5BF around the color wheel. Each swatch links to its own page.
Complementary
Two colors on opposite sides of the wheel. This gives the most contrast.
Analogous
Hues that sit next to each other and look good together.
Triadic
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel. Bold, but still balanced.
Split complementary
A base color plus the two hues on each side of its opposite. Strong contrast that clashes less.
Tetradic (rectangle)
Two pairs of opposite colors. Let one color lead and use the others less.
Square
Four hues 90° apart, spread evenly around the wheel.
Monochromatic
One hue at different levels of lightness and saturation.
Gradients with Creamy Vanilla
Four CSS gradients made from #F2E5BF. Copy the code, or open one in the gradient generator to change it.
Soft tint
From a pale tint to the full color.
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #FCFAF2, #F2E5BF);
Deep shade
The color fading into a dark shade.
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F2E5BF, #433F33);
Analogous
Its two neighbors on the color wheel.
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #F2CCBF, #F2E5BF, #E6F2BF);
Triadic
A bold blend with a triadic color, through a clean middle.
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #F2E5BF, #DAECD2, #BFF2E5);
Shades, tints and tones of Creamy Vanilla
Shades are darker, tints are lighter and tones are grayer. We make them in OKLCH so the steps look even. Hover a step to see its code, or click it to open it.
Design system scale (50 to 950)
Creamy Vanilla sits at step 100. Export the full scale as CSS variables or Tailwind tokens from the picker.
Closest RAL, Tailwind and CSS colors
The nearest match to #F2E5BF in three color systems that designers and builders use.
ΔE is the distance in OKLab: under 2 is hard to see, over 10 is a clearly different color. Browse all RAL colors, the Tailwind palette or the 148 CSS color names. RAL values on screens are only a guide, so check a real color chart before you order paint.
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