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#FEF3D7

Beige · very light warm orange

About #FEF3D7

#FEF3D7 is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 95% green and 84% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 15% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Beige (ΔE 4.4), with Champagne the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #D7E2FE (lavender), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 19.02:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red254
Green243
Blue215

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 4.4
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 4.4
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 5.6

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

Text on #FEF3D7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #FEF3D7.
1.10:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #FEF3D7.
19.02:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FEF3D7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FEF3D7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FAF2D5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FDF5D8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFEEEB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FEF3D7?

#FEF3D7 is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 95% green and 84% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 15% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FEF3D7?

Use black text. Black on #FEF3D7 has a contrast ratio of 19.02:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FEF3D7?

Its complementary colour is #D7E2FE, and analogous partners are #FEE0D7 and #F6FED7.