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#E4E4C3

Beige · very light warm yellow

About #E4E4C3

With the hex code #E4E4C3, this is a very light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 89% red, 89% green and 76% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Beige — a ΔE of 7.5 — followed by Eggshell. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #C3C3E4, 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 — 16.18:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red228
Green228
Blue195

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 7.5
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 7.6
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 7.6

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

Text on #E4E4C3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #E4E4C3.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #E4E4C3.
16.18:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E4E4C3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E4E4C3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EAE1C1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EBE3C4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E9E0DB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E4E4C3?

With the hex code #E4E4C3, this is a very light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 89% red, 89% green and 76% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #E4E4C3?

Use black text. Black on #E4E4C3 has a contrast ratio of 16.18:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E4E4C3?

Its complementary colour is #C3C3E4, and analogous partners are #E4D3C3 and #D3E4C3.