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#EDE0BC

Wheat · very light warm orange

About #EDE0BC

#EDE0BC is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 88% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 21% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Wheat (ΔE 5.5), with Champagne the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BCC9ED (periwinkle), 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 15.99:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red237
Green224
Blue188

Closest named colours

Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 5.5
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 6.5
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 9.2

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

Text on #EDE0BC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wheat #EDE0BC.
1.31:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wheat #EDE0BC.
15.99:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EDE0BC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EDE0BC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E8DEBA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ECE2BD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F5DAD6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDE0BC?

#EDE0BC is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 88% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 21% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EDE0BC?

Use black text. Black on #EDE0BC has a contrast ratio of 15.99:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDE0BC?

Its complementary colour is #BCC9ED, and analogous partners are #EDC8BC and #E2EDBC.