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#EAD5BC

Oat · very light warm orange

About #EAD5BC

#EAD5BC is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 84% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 20% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Oat (ΔE 4.6); Champagne comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BCD1EA — a light blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EAD5BC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.74:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red234
Green213
Blue188

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.6
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 6.3
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.4

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

Text on #EAD5BC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #EAD5BC.
1.42:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #EAD5BC.
14.74:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EAD5BC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EAD5BC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DDD5BA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2DABD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F2D0CE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EAD5BC?

#EAD5BC is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 84% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 20% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EAD5BC?

Use black text. Black on #EAD5BC has a contrast ratio of 14.74:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EAD5BC?

Its complementary colour is #BCD1EA, and analogous partners are #EABEBC and #E8EABC.