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#EFE5C8

Champagne · very light warm orange

About #EFE5C8

#EFE5C8 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 90% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 16% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Champagne (ΔE 3.3); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C8D2EF — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EFE5C8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.71:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red239
Green229
Blue200

Closest named colours

Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 3.3
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 5.2
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 6.6

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

Text on #EFE5C8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on champagne #EFE5C8.
1.26:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on champagne #EFE5C8.
16.71:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EFE5C8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EFE5C8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ECE4C6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EFE7C9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F6E0DD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EFE5C8?

#EFE5C8 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 90% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 16% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EFE5C8?

Use black text. Black on #EFE5C8 has a contrast ratio of 16.71:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EFE5C8?

Its complementary colour is #C8D2EF, and analogous partners are #EFD2C8 and #E5EFC8.