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#FFD8BB

Apricot · very light warm orange

About #FFD8BB

#FFD8BB is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 85% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 27% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Apricot (ΔE 4.0), with Peach the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BBE2FF (light 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 — 15.79:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green216
Blue187

Closest named colours

Apricot
#FBCEB1 · ΔE 4.0
Peach
#FFCBA4 · ΔE 8.9
Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 9.2

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

Text on #FFD8BB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on apricot #FFD8BB.
1.33:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on apricot #FFD8BB.
15.79:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFD8BB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFD8BB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E4DAB9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EDE3BB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFD0D0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFD8BB?

#FFD8BB is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 85% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 27% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFD8BB?

Use black text. Black on #FFD8BB has a contrast ratio of 15.79:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFD8BB?

Its complementary colour is #BBE2FF, and analogous partners are #FFBBC0 and #FFFABB.