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#E4E1AB

Vanilla · very light warm yellow

About #E4E1AB

With the hex code #E4E1AB, this is a very light yellow with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 89% red, 88% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 25% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Vanilla — a ΔE of 5.3 — followed by Wheat. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ABAEE4, a periwinkle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.66:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red228
Green225
Blue171

Closest named colours

Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 5.3
Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 9.4
Sand
#E2CA9B · ΔE 11.0

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

Text on #E4E1AB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on vanilla #E4E1AB.
1.34:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on vanilla #E4E1AB.
15.66:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E4E1AB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E4E1AB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EBDDA8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ECE0AD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EDDAD3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E4E1AB?

With the hex code #E4E1AB, this is a very light yellow with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 89% red, 88% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 25% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #E4E1AB?

Use black text. Black on #E4E1AB has a contrast ratio of 15.66:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E4E1AB?

Its complementary colour is #ABAEE4, and analogous partners are #E4C4AB and #CBE4AB.