ColorXprez

#E2CEBF

Oat · very light warm orange

About #E2CEBF

#E2CEBF is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 81% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 15% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Oat (ΔE 4.1); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BFD3E2 — a light blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E2CEBF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.81:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red226
Green206
Blue191

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.1
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.5
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 9.8

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

Text on #E2CEBF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #E2CEBF.
1.52:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #E2CEBF.
13.81:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E2CEBF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E2CEBF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D4CFBE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9D3BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E9CACA

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E2CEBF?

#E2CEBF is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 81% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 15% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E2CEBF?

Use black text. Black on #E2CEBF has a contrast ratio of 13.81:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E2CEBF?

Its complementary colour is #BFD3E2, and analogous partners are #E2BFC2 and #E2E0BF.