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#ECD1BD

Oat · very light warm orange

About #ECD1BD

#ECD1BD is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 82% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Oat (ΔE 5.8), with Bone the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BDD8EC (light blue), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.42:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red236
Green209
Blue189

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 5.8
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 7.4
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 8.3

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

Text on #ECD1BD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #ECD1BD.
1.46:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #ECD1BD.
14.42:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECD1BD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECD1BD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D9D2BC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DFD8BD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F5CCCB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECD1BD?

#ECD1BD is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 82% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECD1BD?

Use black text. Black on #ECD1BD has a contrast ratio of 14.42:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECD1BD?

Its complementary colour is #BDD8EC, and analogous partners are #ECBDC1 and #ECE9BD.