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#CCCEB0

Light Sage · light warm yellow

About #CCCEB0

#CCCEB0 is a light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 81% green and 69% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 19% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 5.6), with Oat the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #B2B0CE (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is light, it is most useful for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 13.02:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red204
Green206
Blue176

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 5.6
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 8.1
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 9.7

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

Text on #CCCEB0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CCCEB0.
1.61:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CCCEB0.
13.02:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCCEB0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCCEB0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D3CBAE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D3CCB1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D0CAC5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCCEB0?

#CCCEB0 is a light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 81% green and 69% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 19% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #CCCEB0?

Use black text. Black on #CCCEB0 has a contrast ratio of 13.02:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCCEB0?

Its complementary colour is #B2B0CE, and analogous partners are #CEC1B0 and #BDCEB0.