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#E0CCBF

Oat · very light warm orange

About #E0CCBF

#E0CCBF is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 88% red, 80% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 15% yellow and 12% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Oat (ΔE 5.0), with Bone the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BFD3E0 (light blue), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.56:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red224
Green204
Blue191

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 5.0
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.1
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.3

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

Text on #E0CCBF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #E0CCBF.
1.55:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #E0CCBF.
13.56:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E0CCBF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E0CCBF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D2CDBE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D6D1BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E7C8C8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E0CCBF?

#E0CCBF is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 88% red, 80% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 15% yellow and 12% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E0CCBF?

Use black text. Black on #E0CCBF has a contrast ratio of 13.56:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E0CCBF?

Its complementary colour is #BFD3E0, and analogous partners are #E0BFC3 and #E0DCBF.