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#ECCEBE

Oat · very light warm orange

About #ECCEBE

#ECCEBE is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 81% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 19% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Oat (ΔE 7.2); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BEDCEC — a light blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECCEBE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.14:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red236
Green206
Blue190

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.2
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 8.5
Apricot
#FBCEB1 · ΔE 9.4

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

Text on #ECCEBE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #ECCEBE.
1.49:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #ECCEBE.
14.14:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#ECCEBE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D6D0BD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DDD6BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F5C9C9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECCEBE?

#ECCEBE is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 81% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 19% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECCEBE?

Use black text. Black on #ECCEBE has a contrast ratio of 14.14:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECCEBE?

Its complementary colour is #BEDCEC, and analogous partners are #ECBEC5 and #ECE5BE.