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#FFCEAD

Apricot · very light warm orange

About #FFCEAD

#FFCEAD is a very light, moderately saturated orange colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 81% green and 68% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 32% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is virtually identical to Apricot (ΔE 2.8), with Peach the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #ADDEFF (baby blue), 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 — 14.68:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green206
Blue173

Closest named colours

Apricot
#FBCEB1 · ΔE 2.8
Peach
#FFCBA4 · ΔE 3.6
Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 11.7

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

Text on #FFCEAD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on apricot #FFCEAD.
1.43:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on apricot #FFCEAD.
14.68:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#FFCEAD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DCD2AB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8DCAD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFC5C5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFCEAD?

#FFCEAD is a very light, moderately saturated orange colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 81% green and 68% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 32% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFCEAD?

Use black text. Black on #FFCEAD has a contrast ratio of 14.68:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFCEAD?

Its complementary colour is #ADDEFF, and analogous partners are #FFADB5 and #FFF7AD.