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#E2D0BF

Oat · very light warm orange

About #E2D0BF

#E2D0BF is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 89% red, 82% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 15% yellow and 11% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is virtually identical to Oat (ΔE 2.8), with Bone the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BFD1E2 (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 — 14.01:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red226
Green208
Blue191

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 2.8
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.5
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 8.8

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

Text on #E2D0BF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #E2D0BF.
1.50:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #E2D0BF.
14.01:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E2D0BF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E2D0BF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D6D1BE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DAD5BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E9CCCB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E2D0BF?

#E2D0BF is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 89% red, 82% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 15% yellow and 11% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E2D0BF?

Use black text. Black on #E2D0BF has a contrast ratio of 14.01:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E2D0BF?

Its complementary colour is #BFD1E2, and analogous partners are #E2BFC0 and #E2E2BF.