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#EDD5BC

Oat · very light warm orange

About #EDD5BC

#EDD5BC is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 84% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 21% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Oat (ΔE 5.6); Champagne comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BCD4ED — a light blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EDD5BC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.84:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red237
Green213
Blue188

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 5.6
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 6.5
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 7.3

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

Text on #EDD5BC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #EDD5BC.
1.41:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #EDD5BC.
14.84:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EDD5BC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EDD5BC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DDD6BA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3DBBC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F6CFCE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDD5BC?

#EDD5BC is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 84% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 21% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EDD5BC?

Use black text. Black on #EDD5BC has a contrast ratio of 14.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDD5BC?

Its complementary colour is #BCD4ED, and analogous partners are #EDBDBC and #EDEDBC.