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#EFDFCB

Champagne · very light warm orange

About #EFDFCB

#EFDFCB is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 87% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 15% 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 #CBDBEF — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EFDFCB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.09:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red239
Green223
Blue203

Closest named colours

Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 3.7
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 3.8
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.8

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

Text on #EFDFCB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on champagne #EFDFCB.
1.31:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on champagne #EFDFCB.
16.09:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EFDFCB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E5DFCA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E9E3CB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F6DBD9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EFDFCB?

#EFDFCB is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 87% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 15% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EFDFCB?

Use black text. Black on #EFDFCB has a contrast ratio of 16.09:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EFDFCB?

Its complementary colour is #CBDBEF, and analogous partners are #EFCDCB and #EDEFCB.