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#E7E9CD

Beige · very light warm yellow

About #E7E9CD

With the hex code #E7E9CD, this is a very light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 91% red, 91% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 9% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Beige — a ΔE of 4.8 — followed by Eggshell. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #CFCDE9, 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 — 16.93:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red231
Green233
Blue205

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 4.8
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 5.2
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 6.9

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

Text on #E7E9CD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #E7E9CD.
1.24:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #E7E9CD.
16.93:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E7E9CD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E7E9CD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EEE6CB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EEE7CE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EBE5E1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E7E9CD?

With the hex code #E7E9CD, this is a very light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 91% red, 91% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 9% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #E7E9CD?

Use black text. Black on #E7E9CD has a contrast ratio of 16.93:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E7E9CD?

Its complementary colour is #CFCDE9, and analogous partners are #E9DDCD and #D9E9CD.