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Warm cream

A True Autumn and Dark Autumn color

Warm cream

neutral in True Autumn · neutral in Dark Autumn. Also called Warm Autumn, Deep Autumn in other systems.

By Kathleen Olsen · Updated November 11, 2026

Hex
#EDE0C4
RGB
237, 224, 196
HSL
41°, 53%, 85%

Warm cream is white with yellow in it, the color of heavy cream rather than milk. It is the light neutral for both True Autumn and Dark Autumn, and the answer to the most common question the Autumns ask, which is whether they can wear white. They can wear this.

Where it sits

True Autumn palette

Warm cream is a neutral in True Autumn and also appears in Dark Autumn. Its closest relative outside the palette is Cream #F4E9CE, a True Spring color, at a perceptual distance of 3. That is near enough for that season to wear it as a neutral, with the accents kept in its own palette.

Pure white is a cool color. It has no undertone, which on warm skin reads as a blue cast, and on an Autumn it makes the face look sallow by comparison. Cream solves this by carrying the same yellow the skin does. The whole garment reads as light without reading as cold. It is the single most useful neutral the Autumns have, and the one most often missing from their wardrobes.

The warm seasons share this color almost completely. True Spring's cream is three points away, Light Spring's soft stone is seven, Soft Autumn's oyster is eight. In practice any warm season can wear any of these and the differences are below what a dye lot would produce. Dark Autumn is the one season in the group that can also wear it against black, which is a useful combination.

The cool near-neighbours are the ones to avoid. Bright Winter's lemon-ice white is thirteen points away and looks similar in a photograph, but it is a cool white with a faint yellow-green cast rather than a warm one. The Summers' soft white is fourteen points away and is a greyed white, not a yellowed one. Both look cold on an Autumn.

Easily confused with

True Spring's cream, Light Spring's soft stone, and Soft Autumn's oyster are all within eight points and all fine. The confusion that matters is with the cool whites: Bright Winter's lemon-ice white and the Summers' soft white, each about fourteen points away. Those are whites with a tint. This is a tint with white in it. The difference shows at the jaw.

The nearest named colors in other seasons, by perceptual distance (ΔE in CIELAB; under 10 is hard to tell apart on a screen, over 25 is a different color).

Cream #F4E9CE

True Spring neutral · ΔE 3

Soft stone #D9CFBA

Light Spring neutral · ΔE 7

Oyster #D8CBB6

Soft Autumn neutral · ΔE 8

Buttermilk #EBD9A8

Soft Autumn anchor · ΔE 11

Warm beige #D8C09A

True Spring neutral · ΔE 13

Lemon-ice white #FBFBEF

Bright Winter anchor · ΔE 13

In stock in this color today

As of November 11, 2026, 109 in-stock pieces across Marine Layer, Frank & Eileen, STAUD, Christy Dawn and Boden sample within a close match of #EDE0C4. The dot on each card is the color we sampled from the garment itself; trust it over the photograph. Links are affiliate links: we earn a commission when you buy through them, at no cost to you.

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What it's sold as

Retailers almost never use the palette name. These are the color names on the in-stock pieces that sample within a close match of #EDE0C4 today, so they are the words to search for.

Marine Layer
Antique White, Oatmeal Heather, Stone, Light Oat, Warm Wave, Alps Apres
Frank & Eileen
Khaki, Sand, Cement, Almond, Dusk
STAUD
Brown Mink, Champagne, Cliffside, Blush Canyon, Alla Spiaggia, Botanica Ivory
Christy Dawn
Pearl, Alabaster, Buttermilk
Boden
Warm Ivory, Latte, Natural Borg

A retailer's name for a color says nothing about its undertone. "Navy" at one shop is a True Winter color and at another a Spring one. The sampled dot on each card above is what we trust.

Questions

Is warm cream a True Autumn or Dark Autumn color?

Both. Warm cream (#EDE0C4) is a neutral in the True Autumn and Dark Autumn palettes, and close enough to a Light Spring, Soft Autumn or True Spring color for those seasons to wear it as a neutral.

Can an Autumn wear white?

Cream, yes. Pure white, not well. True white is cool and reads as a blue cast against warm skin. Warm cream carries the same yellow undertone the skin does and gives the Autumns a light neutral that does not fight the face.

Can a True Spring wear warm cream?

Yes. True Spring's own cream is three points away, which is closer than two garments from the same retailer would usually be. For this color the warm seasons are interchangeable.

What is the difference between cream and ivory?

Mostly the name. Ivory is usually a touch less yellow than cream and sometimes a touch greyer. Both are warm whites and both suit the Autumns. If a garment sold as ivory looks grey next to this cream, it is closer to the Summers' soft white and is a cool neutral.

Is warm cream a warm or cool color?

Warm. RGB 237, 224, 196 has blue as the lowest channel by a clear margin, which is what the yellow cast is made of. A cool white would have the three channels nearly equal, or blue slightly ahead.

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