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#F2E3CD

Champagne · very light warm orange

About #F2E3CD

#F2E3CD is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 89% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 15% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Champagne (ΔE 2.1); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CDDCF2 — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F2E3CD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.64:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red242
Green227
Blue205

Closest named colours

Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 2.1
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 4.0
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.9

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

Text on #F2E3CD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on champagne #F2E3CD.
1.26:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on champagne #F2E3CD.
16.64:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F2E3CD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F2E3CD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E9E3CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EDE6CE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F9DFDD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F2E3CD?

#F2E3CD is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 89% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 15% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F2E3CD?

Use black text. Black on #F2E3CD has a contrast ratio of 16.64:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F2E3CD?

Its complementary colour is #CDDCF2, and analogous partners are #F2D1CD and #EFF2CD.