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#ECDAC6

Oat · very light warm orange

About #ECDAC6

#ECDAC6 is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 85% green and 78% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 16% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Oat (ΔE 3.7), with Bone the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C6D8EC (ice blue), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.41:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red236
Green218
Blue198

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 3.7
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 3.9
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 5.0

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

Text on #ECDAC6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #ECDAC6.
1.36:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #ECDAC6.
15.41:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECDAC6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECDAC6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E1DAC5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E5DEC6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F3D6D4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECDAC6?

#ECDAC6 is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 85% green and 78% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 16% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECDAC6?

Use black text. Black on #ECDAC6 has a contrast ratio of 15.41:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECDAC6?

Its complementary colour is #C6D8EC, and analogous partners are #ECC7C6 and #EBECC6.