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#FDE4BC

Wheat · very light warm orange

About #FDE4BC

With the hex code #FDE4BC, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 99% red, 89% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 26% yellow and 1% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is virtually identical to Wheat — a ΔE of 2.9 — followed by Champagne. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BCD5FD, a periwinkle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.00:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red253
Green228
Blue188

Closest named colours

Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 2.9
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 8.6
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 9.8

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

Text on #FDE4BC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wheat #FDE4BC.
1.24:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wheat #FDE4BC.
17.00:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FDE4BC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FDE4BC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EFE4B9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F5EABD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFDCD9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FDE4BC?

With the hex code #FDE4BC, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 99% red, 89% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 26% yellow and 1% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #FDE4BC?

Use black text. Black on #FDE4BC has a contrast ratio of 17.00:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FDE4BC?

Its complementary colour is #BCD5FD, and analogous partners are #FDC3BC and #F6FDBC.