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#EDD2C2

Oat · very light warm orange

About #EDD2C2

#EDD2C2 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 82% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 18% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Oat (ΔE 6.1); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C2DDED — a light blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EDD2C2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.60:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red237
Green210
Blue194

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 6.1
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 7.1
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 8.8

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

Text on #EDD2C2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #EDD2C2.
1.44:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #EDD2C2.
14.60:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EDD2C2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EDD2C2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D9D4C1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0D9C2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F6CDCD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDD2C2?

#EDD2C2 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 82% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 18% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EDD2C2?

Use black text. Black on #EDD2C2 has a contrast ratio of 14.60:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDD2C2?

Its complementary colour is #C2DDED, and analogous partners are #EDC2C8 and #EDE8C2.