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#F2DFCD

Champagne · very light warm orange

About #F2DFCD

#F2DFCD is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 95% red, 87% green and 80% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 15% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Champagne (ΔE 4.4), with Bone the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #CDE0F2 (ice blue), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.21:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red242
Green223
Blue205

Closest named colours

Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 4.4
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.6
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 5.6

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

Text on #F2DFCD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on champagne #F2DFCD.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on champagne #F2DFCD.
16.21:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F2DFCD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F2DFCD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E5E0CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EAE4CD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F9DBDA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F2DFCD?

#F2DFCD is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 95% red, 87% green and 80% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 15% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F2DFCD?

Use black text. Black on #F2DFCD has a contrast ratio of 16.21:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F2DFCD?

Its complementary colour is #CDE0F2, and analogous partners are #F2CDCE and #F2F1CD.