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#ECCFBE

Oat · very light warm orange

About #ECCFBE

With the hex code #ECCFBE, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 81% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 12% magenta, 19% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Oat — a ΔE of 6.7 — followed by Bone. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BEDBEC, a light blue 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 14.24:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red236
Green207
Blue190

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 6.7
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 8.1
Apricot
#FBCEB1 · ΔE 9.3

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

Text on #ECCFBE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #ECCFBE.
1.48:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #ECCFBE.
14.24:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#ECCFBE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D7D1BD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DED7BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F5CACA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECCFBE?

With the hex code #ECCFBE, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 81% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 12% magenta, 19% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #ECCFBE?

Use black text. Black on #ECCFBE has a contrast ratio of 14.24:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECCFBE?

Its complementary colour is #BEDBEC, and analogous partners are #ECBEC4 and #ECE6BE.