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#EBDFBE

Champagne · very light warm orange

About #EBDFBE

With the hex code #EBDFBE, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 92% red, 87% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 19% yellow and 8% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Champagne — a ΔE of 5.5 — followed by Wheat. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BECAEB, a periwinkle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.83:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red235
Green223
Blue190

Closest named colours

Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 5.5
Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 6.9
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.7

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

Text on #EBDFBE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on champagne #EBDFBE.
1.33:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on champagne #EBDFBE.
15.83:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EBDFBE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E7DDBC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EAE1BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F3DAD6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EBDFBE?

With the hex code #EBDFBE, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 92% red, 87% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 19% yellow and 8% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #EBDFBE?

Use black text. Black on #EBDFBE has a contrast ratio of 15.83:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EBDFBE?

Its complementary colour is #BECAEB, and analogous partners are #EBC9BE and #E0EBBE.