DMC 677 thread Old Gold Vy Lt
DMC stranded cotton 677 is officially called “Old Gold Vy Lt”: a very light yellow.
- On-screen colour
#F5ECCB- RGB 245, 236, 203
- Family
- Yellows and golds
- Lightness
- 93 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Old Gold” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 677
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3078Golden Yellow Vy LtΔE 4.5 · very close
- DMC 3823Yellow Ultra PaleΔE 4.7 · very close
- DMC ECRUEcruΔE 5.7 · close
- DMC 739Tan Ult Vy LtΔE 5.8 · close
- DMC 543Beige Brown Ult Vy LtΔE 6 · close
- DMC 822Beige Gray LightΔE 6.3 · close
- DMC 772Yellow Green Vy LtΔE 7.2 · close
- DMC 745Yellow Pale LightΔE 7.3 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 677 is easily confused with DMC 3078, DMC 3823, DMC ECRU and DMC 739. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 677?
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.