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#CDCFAE

Light Sage · very light warm yellow

About #CDCFAE

#CDCFAE is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 81% green and 68% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 19% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 6.7), with Oat the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #B0AECF (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.13:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red205
Green207
Blue174

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 6.7
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 9.0
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 10.7

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

Text on #CDCFAE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CDCFAE.
1.60:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CDCFAE.
13.13:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CDCFAE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D5CCAC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5CDAF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D2CBC6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDCFAE?

#CDCFAE is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 81% green and 68% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 19% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #CDCFAE?

Use black text. Black on #CDCFAE has a contrast ratio of 13.13:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDCFAE?

Its complementary colour is #B0AECF, and analogous partners are #CFC1AE and #BDCFAE.