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#E1D0BC

Oat · very light warm orange

About #E1D0BC

With the hex code #E1D0BC, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 88% red, 82% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 16% yellow and 12% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is virtually identical to Oat — a ΔE of 2.1 — followed by Bone. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BCCDE1, a light blue shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.95:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red225
Green208
Blue188

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 2.1
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.6
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 8.3

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

Text on #E1D0BC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #E1D0BC.
1.51:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #E1D0BC.
13.95:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E1D0BC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E1D0BC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D6D0BB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DBD4BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E8CCCA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E1D0BC?

With the hex code #E1D0BC, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 88% red, 82% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 16% yellow and 12% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #E1D0BC?

Use black text. Black on #E1D0BC has a contrast ratio of 13.95:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E1D0BC?

Its complementary colour is #BCCDE1, and analogous partners are #E1BEBC and #DFE1BC.