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#ECDEBD

Champagne · very light warm orange

About #ECDEBD

#ECDEBD is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 87% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Champagne (ΔE 5.5); Wheat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BDCBEC — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECDEBD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.75:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red236
Green222
Blue189

Closest named colours

Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 5.5
Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 6.4
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.7

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

Text on #ECDEBD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on champagne #ECDEBD.
1.33:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on champagne #ECDEBD.
15.75:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#ECDEBD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E6DDBB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EAE1BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F4D8D5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECDEBD?

#ECDEBD is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 87% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECDEBD?

Use black text. Black on #ECDEBD has a contrast ratio of 15.75:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECDEBD?

Its complementary colour is #BDCBEC, and analogous partners are #ECC7BD and #E3ECBD.