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#FCEED6

Champagne · very light warm orange

About #FCEED6

#FCEED6 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 93% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 15% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Champagne (ΔE 2.5); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D6E4FC — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FCEED6 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.34:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red252
Green238
Blue214

Closest named colours

Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 2.5
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 4.1
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 5.4

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

Text on #FCEED6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on champagne #FCEED6.
1.15:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on champagne #FCEED6.
18.34:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FCEED6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FCEED6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F5EDD5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F8F1D7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFE9E7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FCEED6?

#FCEED6 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 93% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 15% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FCEED6?

Use black text. Black on #FCEED6 has a contrast ratio of 18.34:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FCEED6?

Its complementary colour is #D6E4FC, and analogous partners are #FCDBD6 and #F7FCD6.