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#F2E4CD

Champagne · very light warm orange

About #F2E4CD

With the hex code #F2E4CD, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 95% red, 89% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 15% yellow and 5% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is virtually identical to Champagne — a ΔE of 1.7 — followed by Eggshell. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #CDDBF2, a lavender shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.75:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red242
Green228
Blue205

Closest named colours

Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 1.7
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 3.8
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.2

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

Text on #F2E4CD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on champagne #F2E4CD.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on champagne #F2E4CD.
16.75:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F2E4CD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F2E4CD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EAE4CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EEE7CE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F9E0DD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F2E4CD?

With the hex code #F2E4CD, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 95% red, 89% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 15% yellow and 5% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #F2E4CD?

Use black text. Black on #F2E4CD has a contrast ratio of 16.75:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F2E4CD?

Its complementary colour is #CDDBF2, and analogous partners are #F2D2CD and #EEF2CD.