DMC 3047 thread Yellow Beige Lt
DMC stranded cotton 3047 is officially called “Yellow Beige Lt”: a very light beige.
- On-screen colour
#E7D6C1- RGB 231, 214, 193
- Family
- Beiges and skin tones
- Lightness
- 87 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Yellow Beige” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3047
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 543Beige Brown Ult Vy LtΔE 3 · very close
- DMC 3033Mocha Brown Vy LtΔE 3.7 · very close
- DMC 739Tan Ult Vy LtΔE 3.9 · very close
- DMC 613Drab Brown V LtΔE 4.9 · very close
- DMC 644Beige Gray MedΔE 5.4 · close
- DMC 822Beige Gray LightΔE 5.8 · close
- DMC 3774Desert Sand Vy LtΔE 5.8 · close
- DMC 950Desert Sand LightΔE 5.9 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3047 is easily confused with DMC 543, DMC 3033, DMC 739, DMC 613, DMC 644, DMC 822, DMC 3774 and DMC 950. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3047?
A skein of DMC stranded cotton is 8 m long and splits into 6 strands. Stitched with 2 strands on 14-count Aida, it covers about 1,800 cross stitches. For your own chart, the cross-stitch calculator gives the number of skeins and the finished size.