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#CFCFAC

Light Sage · very light warm yellow

About #CFCFAC

#CFCFAC is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 81% green and 67% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 19% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 8.0), with Oat the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #ACACCF (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 13.17:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green207
Blue172

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 8.0
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 9.4
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 11.2

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

Text on #CFCFAC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CFCFAC.
1.59:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CFCFAC.
13.17:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFCFAC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D5CCAA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D6CEAD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D4CAC5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFCFAC?

#CFCFAC is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 81% green and 67% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 19% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #CFCFAC?

Use black text. Black on #CFCFAC has a contrast ratio of 13.17:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFCFAC?

Its complementary colour is #ACACCF, and analogous partners are #CFBEAC and #BECFAC.