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#ECE0C8

Champagne · very light warm orange

About #ECE0C8

With the hex code #ECE0C8, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 88% green and 78% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 15% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Champagne — a ΔE of 3.2 — followed by Bone. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #C8D4EC, a lavender shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.06:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red236
Green224
Blue200

Closest named colours

Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 3.2
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.4
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 4.5

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

Text on #ECE0C8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on champagne #ECE0C8.
1.31:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on champagne #ECE0C8.
16.06:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECE0C8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECE0C8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E6DFC7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E9E2C9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F3DCD9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECE0C8?

With the hex code #ECE0C8, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 88% green and 78% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 15% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #ECE0C8?

Use black text. Black on #ECE0C8 has a contrast ratio of 16.06:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECE0C8?

Its complementary colour is #C8D4EC, and analogous partners are #ECCEC8 and #E6ECC8.