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#ECDBBD

Champagne · very light warm orange

About #ECDBBD

#ECDBBD is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 86% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Champagne (ΔE 5.1); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BDCEEC — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECDBBD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.43:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red236
Green219
Blue189

Closest named colours

Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 5.1
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 6.3
Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 7.3

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

Text on #ECDBBD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on champagne #ECDBBD.
1.36:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on champagne #ECDBBD.
15.43:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#ECDBBD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E3DABB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7DFBE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F4D5D3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECDBBD?

#ECDBBD is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 86% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECDBBD?

Use black text. Black on #ECDBBD has a contrast ratio of 15.43:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECDBBD?

Its complementary colour is #BDCEEC, and analogous partners are #ECC4BD and #E6ECBD.