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#ECE1BE

Champagne · very light warm yellow

About #ECE1BE

With the hex code #ECE1BE, this is a very light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 88% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 19% 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 6.1 — followed by Wheat. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BEC9EC, a periwinkle 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 16.08:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red236
Green225
Blue190

Closest named colours

Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 6.1
Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 6.4
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 8.7

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

Text on #ECE1BE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on champagne #ECE1BE.
1.31:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on champagne #ECE1BE.
16.08:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECE1BE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECE1BE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E9DFBC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ECE3BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F4DBD7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECE1BE?

With the hex code #ECE1BE, this is a very light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 88% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 19% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #ECE1BE?

Use black text. Black on #ECE1BE has a contrast ratio of 16.08:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECE1BE?

Its complementary colour is #BEC9EC, and analogous partners are #ECCABE and #E0ECBE.