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#E1CEBC

Oat · very light warm orange

About #E1CEBC

#E1CEBC is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 88% red, 81% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 16% yellow and 12% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Oat (ΔE 3.1), with Bone the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BCCFE1 (light blue), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.76:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red225
Green206
Blue188

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 3.1
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.3
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 9.2

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

Text on #E1CEBC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #E1CEBC.
1.53:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #E1CEBC.
13.76:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E1CEBC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E1CEBC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D4CFBB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9D3BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E8CAC9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E1CEBC?

#E1CEBC is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 88% red, 81% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 16% yellow and 12% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E1CEBC?

Use black text. Black on #E1CEBC has a contrast ratio of 13.76:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E1CEBC?

Its complementary colour is #BCCFE1, and analogous partners are #E1BCBD and #E1E0BC.