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#EDCFBB

Oat · very light warm orange

About #EDCFBB

#EDCFBB is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 81% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 21% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Oat (ΔE 7.0), with Apricot the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BBD9ED (light blue), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.24:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red237
Green207
Blue187

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.0
Apricot
#FBCEB1 · ΔE 8.0
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 8.7

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

Text on #EDCFBB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #EDCFBB.
1.47:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #EDCFBB.
14.24:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EDCFBB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D8D1BA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DFD7BB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F7CAC9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDCFBB?

#EDCFBB is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 81% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 21% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EDCFBB?

Use black text. Black on #EDCFBB has a contrast ratio of 14.24:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDCFBB?

Its complementary colour is #BBD9ED, and analogous partners are #EDBBC0 and #EDE8BB.