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#E4E5D1

Eggshell · very light warm yellow

About #E4E5D1

With the hex code #E4E5D1, this is a very light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 89% red, 90% green and 82% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 10% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Eggshell — a ΔE of 3.4 — followed by Bone. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #D2D1E5, a lavender 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 — 16.43:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red228
Green229
Blue209

Closest named colours

Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 3.4
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.0
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 6.1

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

Text on #E4E5D1

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggshell #E4E5D1.
1.28:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggshell #E4E5D1.
16.43:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E4E5D1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E4E5D1
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E9E3D0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E9E4D2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E7E2DF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E4E5D1?

With the hex code #E4E5D1, this is a very light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 89% red, 90% green and 82% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 10% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #E4E5D1?

Use black text. Black on #E4E5D1 has a contrast ratio of 16.43:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E4E5D1?

Its complementary colour is #D2D1E5, and analogous partners are #E5DCD1 and #DAE5D1.