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#CFCEAD

Light Sage · very light warm yellow

About #CFCEAD

#CFCEAD 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 7.4), with Oat the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #ADAECF (dusty blue), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.09:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green206
Blue173

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.4
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 8.5
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 10.4

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

Text on #CFCEAD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CFCEAD.
1.60:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CFCEAD.
13.09:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFCEAD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D4CBAB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5CDAE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D4C9C5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFCEAD?

#CFCEAD 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 #CFCEAD?

Use black text. Black on #CFCEAD has a contrast ratio of 13.09:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFCEAD?

Its complementary colour is #ADAECF, and analogous partners are #CFBDAD and #BFCFAD.