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#E4EAC5

Beige · very light warm green

About #E4EAC5

#E4EAC5 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 92% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Beige (ΔE 8.0); Cream comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CBC5EA — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E4EAC5 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.87:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red228
Green234
Blue197

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 8.0
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 8.5
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 9.8

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

Text on #E4EAC5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #E4EAC5.
1.24:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #E4EAC5.
16.87:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E4EAC5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E4EAC5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F0E6C3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EFE7C6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E9E6E0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E4EAC5?

#E4EAC5 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 92% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E4EAC5?

Use black text. Black on #E4EAC5 has a contrast ratio of 16.87:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E4EAC5?

Its complementary colour is #CBC5EA, and analogous partners are #EADDC5 and #D2EAC5.