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#BEBDA4

Light Sage · light warm yellow

About #BEBDA4

With the hex code #BEBDA4, this is a light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 74% green and 64% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 14% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Light Sage — a ΔE of 5.8 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #A4A5BE, a dusty blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.00:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red190
Green189
Blue164

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 5.8
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 8.6
Khaki
#C3B091 · ΔE 8.8

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #BEBDA4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BEBDA4.
1.91:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BEBDA4.
11.00:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BEBDA4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BEBDA4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C2BBA3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C2BCA5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C2BAB6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEBDA4?

With the hex code #BEBDA4, this is a light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 74% green and 64% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 14% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BEBDA4?

Use black text. Black on #BEBDA4 has a contrast ratio of 11.00:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEBDA4?

Its complementary colour is #A4A5BE, and analogous partners are #BEB0A4 and #B2BEA4.