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#EAE9AF

Vanilla · very light warm yellow

About #EAE9AF

With the hex code #EAE9AF, this is a very light yellow with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 92% red, 91% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 25% yellow and 8% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Vanilla — a ΔE of 5.1 — followed by Butter. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #AFB0EA, a periwinkle 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 — 16.77:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red234
Green233
Blue175

Closest named colours

Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 5.1
Butter
#FFF1A8 · ΔE 9.8
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 10.1

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

Text on #EAE9AF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on vanilla #EAE9AF.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on vanilla #EAE9AF.
16.77:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EAE9AF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EAE9AF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F3E4AB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F4E7B1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F3E2DA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EAE9AF?

With the hex code #EAE9AF, this is a very light yellow with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 92% red, 91% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 25% yellow and 8% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #EAE9AF?

Use black text. Black on #EAE9AF has a contrast ratio of 16.77:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EAE9AF?

Its complementary colour is #AFB0EA, and analogous partners are #EACCAF and #CDEAAF.