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#F2E1CF

Champagne · very light warm orange

About #F2E1CF

#F2E1CF is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 88% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 14% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Champagne (ΔE 4.0); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CFE0F2 — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F2E1CF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.45:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red242
Green225
Blue207

Closest named colours

Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 4.0
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.3
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 4.8

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

Text on #F2E1CF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on champagne #F2E1CF.
1.28:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on champagne #F2E1CF.
16.45:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F2E1CF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F2E1CF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E7E1CE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EBE5CF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F9DDDC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F2E1CF?

#F2E1CF is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 88% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 14% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F2E1CF?

Use black text. Black on #F2E1CF has a contrast ratio of 16.45:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F2E1CF?

Its complementary colour is #CFE0F2, and analogous partners are #F2D0CF and #F2F2CF.