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#FDEBC6

Wheat · very light warm orange

About #FDEBC6

#FDEBC6 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 92% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 22% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Wheat (ΔE 5.8); Champagne comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C6D8FD — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FDEBC6 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.88:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red253
Green235
Blue198

Closest named colours

Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 5.8
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 6.3
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 8.6

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

Text on #FDEBC6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wheat #FDEBC6.
1.17:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wheat #FDEBC6.
17.88:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FDEBC6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FDEBC6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F4EAC4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F9EFC7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFE4E1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FDEBC6?

#FDEBC6 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 92% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 22% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FDEBC6?

Use black text. Black on #FDEBC6 has a contrast ratio of 17.88:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FDEBC6?

Its complementary colour is #C6D8FD, and analogous partners are #FDD0C6 and #F3FDC6.