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#EAE5D3

Eggshell · very light warm yellow

About #EAE5D3

#EAE5D3 is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 90% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 10% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Eggshell (ΔE 2.1); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D3D8EA — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EAE5D3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.65:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red234
Green229
Blue211

Closest named colours

Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 2.1
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 3.9
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 5.7

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

Text on #EAE5D3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggshell #EAE5D3.
1.26:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggshell #EAE5D3.
16.65:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EAE5D3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EAE5D3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E9E4D2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EBE6D4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EEE2E0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EAE5D3?

#EAE5D3 is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 90% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 10% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EAE5D3?

Use black text. Black on #EAE5D3 has a contrast ratio of 16.65:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EAE5D3?

Its complementary colour is #D3D8EA, and analogous partners are #EADAD3 and #E3EAD3.