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#EFDDC7

Champagne · very light warm orange

About #EFDDC7

#EFDDC7 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 87% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 17% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Champagne (ΔE 3.7); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C7D9EF — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EFDDC7 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.84:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red239
Green221
Blue199

Closest named colours

Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 3.7
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.6
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.7

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

Text on #EFDDC7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on champagne #EFDDC7.
1.33:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on champagne #EFDDC7.
15.84:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EFDDC7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EFDDC7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E4DDC6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8E1C7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F7D8D7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EFDDC7?

#EFDDC7 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 87% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 17% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EFDDC7?

Use black text. Black on #EFDDC7 has a contrast ratio of 15.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EFDDC7?

Its complementary colour is #C7D9EF, and analogous partners are #EFC9C7 and #EDEFC7.