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#CECEAE

Light Sage · very light warm yellow

About #CECEAE

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

Visually it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 6.8), with Oat the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #AEAECE (dusty blue), 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 13.06:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red206
Green206
Blue174

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 6.8
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 8.3
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 10.1

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

Text on #CECEAE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CECEAE.
1.61:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CECEAE.
13.06:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CECEAE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D4CBAC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D4CDAF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D3CAC5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CECEAE?

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

›What text colour should I use on #CECEAE?

Use black text. Black on #CECEAE has a contrast ratio of 13.06:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CECEAE?

Its complementary colour is #AEAECE, and analogous partners are #CEBEAE and #BECEAE.