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#E4CCC3

Oat · very light warm orange

About #E4CCC3

With the hex code #E4CCC3, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 89% red, 80% green and 76% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 14% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Oat — a ΔE of 7.3 — followed by Bone. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #C3DBE4, 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 — 13.72:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red228
Green204
Blue195

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.3
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 7.8
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.3

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

Text on #E4CCC3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #E4CCC3.
1.53:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #E4CCC3.
13.72:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E4CCC3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E4CCC3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D2CEC2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7D3C3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EBC9C9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E4CCC3?

With the hex code #E4CCC3, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 89% red, 80% green and 76% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 14% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #E4CCC3?

Use black text. Black on #E4CCC3 has a contrast ratio of 13.72:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E4CCC3?

Its complementary colour is #C3DBE4, and analogous partners are #E4C3CB and #E4DDC3.