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#FFDAB9

Apricot · very light warm orange

About #FFDAB9

#FFDAB9 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 5.1), with Wheat the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #B9DEFF (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 — 15.98:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green218
Blue185

Closest named colours

Apricot
#FBCEB1 · ΔE 5.1
Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 7.2
Peach
#FFCBA4 · ΔE 8.5

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

Text on #FFDAB9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on apricot #FFDAB9.
1.31:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on apricot #FFDAB9.
15.98:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFDAB9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFDAB9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E6DCB7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EFE4BA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFD2D1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFDAB9?

#FFDAB9 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 #FFDAB9?

Use black text. Black on #FFDAB9 has a contrast ratio of 15.98:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFDAB9?

Its complementary colour is #B9DEFF, and analogous partners are #FFB9BB and #FFFDB9.