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#E0CEBF

Oat · very light warm orange

About #E0CEBF

With the hex code #E0CEBF, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 88% red, 81% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 8% 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 3.6 — followed by Bone. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BFD1E0, 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 — 13.75:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red224
Green206
Blue191

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 3.6
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.0
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 9.8

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

Text on #E0CEBF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #E0CEBF.
1.53:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #E0CEBF.
13.75:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E0CEBF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E0CEBF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D4CFBE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D8D3BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E7CACA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E0CEBF?

With the hex code #E0CEBF, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 88% red, 81% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 15% yellow and 12% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #E0CEBF?

Use black text. Black on #E0CEBF has a contrast ratio of 13.75:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E0CEBF?

Its complementary colour is #BFD1E0, and analogous partners are #E0BFC1 and #E0DEBF.