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#EFD0C2

Oat · very light warm orange

About #EFD0C2

#EFD0C2 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 82% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 19% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Oat (ΔE 7.9); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C2E1EF — a light blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EFD0C2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.47:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red239
Green208
Blue194

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.9
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 8.7
Apricot
#FBCEB1 · ΔE 10.0

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

Text on #EFD0C2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #EFD0C2.
1.45:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #EFD0C2.
14.47:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EFD0C2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EFD0C2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D8D3C1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DFD9C2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F8CBCC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EFD0C2?

#EFD0C2 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 82% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 19% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EFD0C2?

Use black text. Black on #EFD0C2 has a contrast ratio of 14.47:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EFD0C2?

Its complementary colour is #C2E1EF, and analogous partners are #EFC2CB and #EFE7C2.