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#FFD5B3

Apricot · very light warm orange

About #FFD5B3

#FFD5B3 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 84% green and 70% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 30% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Apricot (ΔE 3.4); Peach comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B3DDFF — a baby blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FFD5B3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.42:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green213
Blue179

Closest named colours

Apricot
#FBCEB1 · ΔE 3.4
Peach
#FFCBA4 · ΔE 6.0
Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 8.7

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

Text on #FFD5B3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on apricot #FFD5B3.
1.36:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on apricot #FFD5B3.
15.42:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFD5B3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFD5B3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E2D7B1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ECE0B3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFCDCC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFD5B3?

#FFD5B3 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 84% green and 70% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 30% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFD5B3?

Use black text. Black on #FFD5B3 has a contrast ratio of 15.42:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFD5B3?

Its complementary colour is #B3DDFF, and analogous partners are #FFB3B7 and #FFFBB3.