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#ECDABD

Champagne · very light warm orange

About #ECDABD

#ECDABD is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 85% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Champagne (ΔE 5.1), with Oat the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BDCFEC (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 — 15.33:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red236
Green218
Blue189

Closest named colours

Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 5.1
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 5.9
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 7.2

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

Text on #ECDABD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on champagne #ECDABD.
1.37:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on champagne #ECDABD.
15.33:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#ECDABD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E2DABB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7DEBE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F4D5D2

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECDABD?

#ECDABD is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 85% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECDABD?

Use black text. Black on #ECDABD has a contrast ratio of 15.33:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECDABD?

Its complementary colour is #BDCFEC, and analogous partners are #ECC3BD and #E7ECBD.