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#ECD2BD

Oat · very light warm orange

About #ECD2BD

#ECD2BD is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 82% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Oat (ΔE 5.5); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BDD7EC — a light blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECD2BD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.52:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red236
Green210
Blue189

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 5.5
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 7.2
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 7.8

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

Text on #ECD2BD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #ECD2BD.
1.45:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #ECD2BD.
14.52:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECD2BD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECD2BD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DAD3BC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0D9BD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F5CDCC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECD2BD?

#ECD2BD is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 82% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECD2BD?

Use black text. Black on #ECD2BD has a contrast ratio of 14.52:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECD2BD?

Its complementary colour is #BDD7EC, and analogous partners are #ECBDC0 and #ECE9BD.