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#EAD3BF

Oat · very light warm orange

About #EAD3BF

With the hex code #EAD3BF, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 92% red, 83% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 18% yellow and 8% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Oat — a ΔE of 4.3 — followed by Bone. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BFD6EA, 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 — 14.57:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red234
Green211
Blue191

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.3
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.9
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 7.3

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

Text on #EAD3BF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #EAD3BF.
1.44:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #EAD3BF.
14.57:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EAD3BF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EAD3BF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DAD4BE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0D9BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F2CECD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EAD3BF?

With the hex code #EAD3BF, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 92% red, 83% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 18% yellow and 8% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #EAD3BF?

Use black text. Black on #EAD3BF has a contrast ratio of 14.57:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EAD3BF?

Its complementary colour is #BFD6EA, and analogous partners are #EABFC1 and #EAE8BF.