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#E4E1BF

Champagne · very light warm yellow

About #E4E1BF

#E4E1BF is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 88% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 16% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Champagne (ΔE 7.5); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BFC2E4 — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E4E1BF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.82:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red228
Green225
Blue191

Closest named colours

Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 7.5
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 8.2
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 8.6

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

Text on #E4E1BF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on champagne #E4E1BF.
1.33:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on champagne #E4E1BF.
15.82:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E4E1BF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E4E1BF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E8DEBD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E9E0C0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EADCD7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E4E1BF?

#E4E1BF is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 88% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 16% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E4E1BF?

Use black text. Black on #E4E1BF has a contrast ratio of 15.82:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E4E1BF?

Its complementary colour is #BFC2E4, and analogous partners are #E4CEBF and #D5E4BF.