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#EAD4BF

Oat · very light warm orange

About #EAD4BF

#EAD4BF is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 92% red, 83% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 18% yellow and 8% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Oat (ΔE 4.1), with Bone the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BFD5EA (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 — 14.67:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red234
Green212
Blue191

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.1
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.6
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 6.8

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

Text on #EAD4BF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #EAD4BF.
1.43:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #EAD4BF.
14.67:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EAD4BF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EAD4BF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DBD5BE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E1DABF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F2CFCE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EAD4BF?

#EAD4BF is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 92% red, 83% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 18% yellow and 8% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EAD4BF?

Use black text. Black on #EAD4BF has a contrast ratio of 14.67:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EAD4BF?

Its complementary colour is #BFD5EA, and analogous partners are #EABFBF and #EAEABF.