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#E4DFBA

Wheat · very light warm yellow

About #E4DFBA

#E4DFBA is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 89% red, 87% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 18% yellow and 11% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Wheat (ΔE 7.9), with Champagne the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BABFE4 (periwinkle), 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 15.56:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red228
Green223
Blue186

Closest named colours

Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 7.9
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 8.4
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 9.6

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

Text on #E4DFBA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wheat #E4DFBA.
1.35:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wheat #E4DFBA.
15.56:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E4DFBA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E4DFBA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E6DCB8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8DFBB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EBDAD5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E4DFBA?

#E4DFBA is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 89% red, 87% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 18% yellow and 11% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E4DFBA?

Use black text. Black on #E4DFBA has a contrast ratio of 15.56:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E4DFBA?

Its complementary colour is #BABFE4, and analogous partners are #E4CABA and #D4E4BA.