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#F4DFCD

Champagne · very light warm orange

About #F4DFCD

With the hex code #F4DFCD, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 96% red, 87% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 16% yellow and 4% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Champagne — a ΔE of 4.5 — followed by Bone. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #CDE2F4, a ice blue 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 — 16.28:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red244
Green223
Blue205

Closest named colours

Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 4.5
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.3
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 6.1

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

Text on #F4DFCD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on champagne #F4DFCD.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on champagne #F4DFCD.
16.28:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F4DFCD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F4DFCD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E6E0CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EBE4CD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FCDBDA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F4DFCD?

With the hex code #F4DFCD, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 96% red, 87% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 16% yellow and 4% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #F4DFCD?

Use black text. Black on #F4DFCD has a contrast ratio of 16.28:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F4DFCD?

Its complementary colour is #CDE2F4, and analogous partners are #F4CDCE and #F4F3CD.