Cream Color
Cream is a yellow color with hex code #FFFFC2. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with cream, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Cream Color Values
What Does Cream Mean?
Cream belongs to the yellow family of colors. Yellow is the brightest thing in daylight, which makes it impossible to ignore and easy to overdo. School buses and hazard tape exist to exploit that visibility. In artwork, small amounts of yellow energize a piece; large fields of it tire the eye surprisingly fast. As a lighter shade, Cream reads as airy and understated, comfortable working in backgrounds and across big surfaces.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Cream is classified as a yellow (nearest centroid: pale greenish yellow, #EBE8A4).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Cream
Cream and #C2C2FF are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #FFE0C2 and #E0FFC2, which sit beside cream on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair cream with triadic partners #C2FFFF and #FFC2FF. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Egg Shell —
#FFFCC4(Delta E 3) - Ecru —
#FEFFCA(Delta E 4) - Shalimar —
#FBFFBA(Delta E 4) - Australian Mint —
#F5FFBE(Delta E 4) - Pale Prim —
#FDFEB8(Delta E 5)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #FFFFC2; }
.background { background-color: #FFFFC2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #FFFFC2; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #FFFFC240; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for cream?
Cream has the hex code #FFFFC2. In RGB notation it is rgb(255, 255, 194), in HSL it is hsl(60, 100%, 88%), and its OKLCH value is 0.985, 0.078, 107.7.
What does the color cream mean?
Yellow-family colors like cream carry distinct psychological associations. Cream belongs to the yellow family of colors. Yellow is the brightest thing in daylight, which makes it impossible to ignore and easy to overdo. School buses and hazard tape exist to exploit that visibility. In artwork, small amounts of yellow energize a piece; large fields of it tire the eye surprisingly fast. As a lighter shade, Cream reads as airy and understated, comfortable working in backgrounds and across big surfaces.
What colors go with cream?
Cream has three easy routes: its complement #C2C2FF for punch, its neighbors #FFE0C2 and #E0FFC2 for something calmer, or triadic partners #C2FFFF and #FFC2FF when you want energy.
Is cream a standard web color?
No — Cream is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #FFFFC2 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make cream lighter or darker?
To lighten cream, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #FFFFF5 (lightest tint) to #4D4D00 (darkest shade).
About Cream
Cream is classified as a Yellow in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Yellow hue family. It has The color is recognized by XKCD, meodai.
Use our Color Converter to convert #FFFFC2 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.