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#EDDCC6

Champagne · very light warm orange

About #EDDCC6

#EDDCC6 is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 86% green and 78% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 16% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Champagne (ΔE 4.0), with Oat the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C6D7ED (lavender), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.65:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red237
Green220
Blue198

Closest named colours

Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 4.0
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.1
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.2

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

Text on #EDDCC6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on champagne #EDDCC6.
1.34:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on champagne #EDDCC6.
15.65:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EDDCC6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EDDCC6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E3DCC5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7E0C6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F4D8D6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDDCC6?

#EDDCC6 is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 86% green and 78% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 16% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EDDCC6?

Use black text. Black on #EDDCC6 has a contrast ratio of 15.65:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDDCC6?

Its complementary colour is #C6D7ED, and analogous partners are #EDC9C6 and #EBEDC6.