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#EDDCC4

Champagne · very light warm orange

About #EDDCC4

#EDDCC4 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 86% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 17% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Champagne (ΔE 3.8); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C4D5ED — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EDDCC4 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.64:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red237
Green220
Blue196

Closest named colours

Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 3.8
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.5
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.9

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

Text on #EDDCC4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on champagne #EDDCC4.
1.34:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on champagne #EDDCC4.
15.64:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EDDCC4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EDDCC4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E3DCC3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7E0C5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F5D7D5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDDCC4?

#EDDCC4 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 86% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 17% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EDDCC4?

Use black text. Black on #EDDCC4 has a contrast ratio of 15.64:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDDCC4?

Its complementary colour is #C4D5ED, and analogous partners are #EDC8C4 and #EAEDC4.