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#EAEACE

Beige · very light warm yellow

About #EAEACE

#EAEACE is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 92% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 4.2); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CECEEA — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EAEACE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.16:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red234
Green234
Blue206

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 4.2
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 4.7
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 6.2

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

Text on #EAEACE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #EAEACE.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #EAEACE.
17.16:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EAEACE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EFE7CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F0E9CF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EFE6E2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EAEACE?

#EAEACE is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 92% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EAEACE?

Use black text. Black on #EAEACE has a contrast ratio of 17.16:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EAEACE?

Its complementary colour is #CECEEA, and analogous partners are #EADCCE and #DCEACE.