What is the hex code for cream?

Cream is #FFFDD0. In RGB that is 255, 253, 208, and in HSL it is 57 degrees, 100 percent saturation, 91 percent lightness.

What is the CMYK value of cream?

#FFFDD0 converts to CMYK 0, 1, 18, 0. CMYK is a print space, so a screen can only ever approximate how it will actually be inked.

Is cream a standard color?

No. There is no standards body defining cream, so different sources give slightly different values. #FFFDD0 is the value in common use, and it is what every code and swatch on this page is built from.

Cream

#FFFDD0

Cream is commonly given as the hex color #FFFDD0, with RGB values 255, 253, 208. It is not a CSS keyword, so the value is a widely used convention rather than a standard.

YellowCommon convention

Quick colors, then fill the screen

Or a gradient

Or let it move

#FFFDD0rgb(255, 253, 208) · hsl(57, 100%, 91%)

Hue57°

Brightness100%

Cream color codes

Every value for #FFFDD0, ready to paste. Click any code to copy it.

Channel values for #FFFDD0 in each number base
Channel	Decimal	Share	Hex	Octal	Binary
Red	255	100%	FF	377	11111111
Green	253	99.22%	FD	375	11111101
Blue	208	81.57%	D0	320	11010000

The nearest web-safe color is #FFFFCC, from the 216-color palette browsers agreed on before displays could be trusted with more.

About cream

White with just enough yellow to stop it glaring. On screen it is far kinder to read against than pure white, which is why so many reading apps default to something near it.

Shades, tints and tones

Every step is generated from #FFFDD0. Click a swatch to copy its hex.

Shades of cream

A shade is the base color with black mixed in. Shades read as deeper and more dramatic, and they are what you reach for when a color needs to recede or carry weight.

Tints of cream

A tint is the base color with white mixed in. Tints turn pastel as they lighten, which makes them useful for backgrounds and for anything that has to sit behind text.

Tones of cream

A tone is the base color with grey mixed in. Tones lose the shout without losing the hue, and they are usually what separates a considered palette from a loud one.

The cream scale

The same color as the 50 to 950 ladder every CSS framework uses, with #FFFDD0 at 500. Click a step to copy its hex, or take the whole scale as variables for a design system.

Color schemes built on cream

Harmonies are positions on the color wheel rather than matters of taste, which is why they keep working across very different designs.

Complementary

Two colors from opposite sides of the wheel. They make each other look more vivid, which is why the pairing is used for anything that needs to stand out.

Analogous

Three neighbours on the wheel. Nothing competes, so the result reads calm and settled, closer to how colour behaves in nature.

Split complementary

The base plus the two colors either side of its complement. It keeps most of the contrast while being much easier to balance.

Triadic

Three colors spaced evenly around the wheel. Strong and lively, and usually best with one dominant color and two accents.

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs, forming a rectangle on the wheel. The richest scheme available, and the hardest to keep from shouting.

Monochromatic

One hue at different lightness levels. Effortlessly cohesive, and the safest way to build a palette around a brand color.

Colors close to #FFFDD0

Near neighbours, for when this color is almost right. Each one shifts hue, saturation or lightness by a small step.

Cream color palettes

Five-color palettes built around #FFFDD0, each following a different scheme. Click any swatch to copy it, or open the generator to build your own.

Analogous

Complementary

Triadic

Monochromatic

Open the palette generator to lock the colors you like and regenerate the rest.

Contrast and readability

Whether cream works as text, and what to put on top of it when it is the background. Ratios follow WCAG 2.1, where 4.5 is the bar for body text and 3 for large text.

Cream text on white background

1.04:1 · Poor

Large text at 24 pixels

Body text at 16 pixels. A flat field of color removes every variable, which is what makes it useful for judging a display.

Body AA
Body AAA
Large AA
Large AAA

Cream text on black background

20.21:1 · Excellent

Large text at 24 pixels

Body text at 16 pixels. A flat field of color removes every variable, which is what makes it useful for judging a display.

Body AA
Body AAA
Large AA
Large AAA

Used the other way round, #FFFDD0 as a background takes #000000 text. That is the higher-contrast of the two, and it is what the tool picks automatically for any chrome sitting on your color.

Cream reads better on a black background of the two. Contrast is a property of the pair, not of one color, so a color that fails here can still be perfectly usable against a different partner.

The yellow family

Cream sits in the yellow family. Every named yellow in the library, with cream first.

Name	Hex	RGB	HSL
Cream is the color on this page	#FFFDD0	255, 253, 208	57, 100%, 91%
Yellow is a CSS keyword	#FFFF00	255, 255, 0	60, 100%, 50%
Gold is a CSS keyword	#FFD700	255, 215, 0	51, 100%, 50%
Mustard	#FFDB58	255, 219, 88	47, 100%, 67%
Khaki is a CSS keyword	#F0E68C	240, 230, 140	54, 77%, 75%
Champagne	#F7E7CE	247, 231, 206	37, 72%, 89%
Ivory is a CSS keyword	#FFFFF0	255, 255, 240	60, 100%, 97%
Lemon	#FFF700	255, 247, 0	58, 100%, 50%
Sand	#C2B280	194, 178, 128	45, 35%, 63%
Wheat is a CSS keyword	#F5DEB3	245, 222, 179	39, 77%, 83%
Goldenrod is a CSS keyword	#DAA520	218, 165, 32	43, 74%, 49%