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#ECE0BE

Champagne · very light warm orange

About #ECE0BE

#ECE0BE is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 88% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 19% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Champagne (ΔE 5.7); Wheat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BECAEC — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECE0BE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.97:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red236
Green224
Blue190

Closest named colours

Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 5.7
Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 6.5
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 8.3

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

Text on #ECE0BE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on champagne #ECE0BE.
1.31:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on champagne #ECE0BE.
15.97:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECE0BE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECE0BE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E8DEBC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EBE2BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F4DAD6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECE0BE?

#ECE0BE is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 88% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 19% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECE0BE?

Use black text. Black on #ECE0BE has a contrast ratio of 15.97:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECE0BE?

Its complementary colour is #BECAEC, and analogous partners are #ECC9BE and #E1ECBE.