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#E0CBBF

Oat · very light warm orange

About #E0CBBF

With the hex code #E0CBBF, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 88% red, 80% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 15% yellow and 12% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Oat — a ΔE of 5.6 — followed by Bone. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BFD4E0, a light blue 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 — 13.46:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red224
Green203
Blue191

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 5.6
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.7
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.3

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

Text on #E0CBBF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #E0CBBF.
1.56:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #E0CBBF.
13.46:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E0CBBF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E0CBBF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D1CCBE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D6D1BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E7C7C8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E0CBBF?

With the hex code #E0CBBF, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 88% red, 80% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 15% yellow and 12% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #E0CBBF?

Use black text. Black on #E0CBBF has a contrast ratio of 13.46:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E0CBBF?

Its complementary colour is #BFD4E0, and analogous partners are #E0BFC4 and #E0DBBF.