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#ECD7BD

Oat · very light warm orange

About #ECD7BD

#ECD7BD is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 84% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Oat (ΔE 5.1), with Champagne the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BDD2EC (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 — 15.02:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red236
Green215
Blue189

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 5.1
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 5.7
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.7

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

Text on #ECD7BD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #ECD7BD.
1.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #ECD7BD.
15.02:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECD7BD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECD7BD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DFD7BB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E4DCBE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F5D2D0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECD7BD?

#ECD7BD is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 84% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECD7BD?

Use black text. Black on #ECD7BD has a contrast ratio of 15.02:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECD7BD?

Its complementary colour is #BDD2EC, and analogous partners are #ECC0BD and #EAECBD.