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#E4CDBF

Oat · very light warm orange

About #E4CDBF

With the hex code #E4CDBF, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 89% red, 80% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 16% 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 5.3 — followed by Bone. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BFD6E4, 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 — 13.78:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red228
Green205
Blue191

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 5.3
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.5
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 10.3

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

Text on #E4CDBF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #E4CDBF.
1.52:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #E4CDBF.
13.78:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E4CDBF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E4CDBF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D3CEBE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9D3BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EBC9C9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E4CDBF?

With the hex code #E4CDBF, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 89% red, 80% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 16% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #E4CDBF?

Use black text. Black on #E4CDBF has a contrast ratio of 13.78:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E4CDBF?

Its complementary colour is #BFD6E4, and analogous partners are #E4BFC3 and #E4E0BF.