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#EBDDC5

Champagne · very light warm orange

About #EBDDC5

#EBDDC5 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 87% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 16% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Champagne (ΔE 3.8); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C5D3EB — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EBDDC5 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.68:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red235
Green221
Blue197

Closest named colours

Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 3.8
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.2
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.3

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

Text on #EBDDC5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on champagne #EBDDC5.
1.34:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on champagne #EBDDC5.
15.68:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EBDDC5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EBDDC5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E4DCC4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7E0C6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F2D9D6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EBDDC5?

#EBDDC5 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 87% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 16% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EBDDC5?

Use black text. Black on #EBDDC5 has a contrast ratio of 15.68:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EBDDC5?

Its complementary colour is #C5D3EB, and analogous partners are #EBCAC5 and #E6EBC5.