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#EADAC3

Oat · very light warm orange

About #EADAC3

#EADAC3 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 85% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 17% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Oat (ΔE 3.5); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C3D3EA — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EADAC3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.32:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red234
Green218
Blue195

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 3.5
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.2
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 4.6

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

Text on #EADAC3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #EADAC3.
1.37:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #EADAC3.
15.32:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EADAC3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EADAC3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E1DAC2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E5DEC4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F1D5D3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EADAC3?

#EADAC3 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 85% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 17% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EADAC3?

Use black text. Black on #EADAC3 has a contrast ratio of 15.32:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EADAC3?

Its complementary colour is #C3D3EA, and analogous partners are #EAC6C3 and #E7EAC3.