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#E4E1C3

Champagne · very light warm yellow

About #E4E1C3

With the hex code #E4E1C3, this is a very light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 89% red, 88% green and 76% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 14% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Champagne — a ΔE of 6.4 — followed by Eggshell. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #C3C6E4, a thistle 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 — 15.86:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red228
Green225
Blue195

Closest named colours

Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 6.4
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 6.4
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 7.2

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

Text on #E4E1C3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on champagne #E4E1C3.
1.32:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on champagne #E4E1C3.
15.86:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E4E1C3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E4E1C3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E7DFC1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8E1C4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E9DDD8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E4E1C3?

With the hex code #E4E1C3, this is a very light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 89% red, 88% green and 76% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 14% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #E4E1C3?

Use black text. Black on #E4E1C3 has a contrast ratio of 15.86:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E4E1C3?

Its complementary colour is #C3C6E4, and analogous partners are #E4D0C3 and #D7E4C3.