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#FFDCC1

Apricot · very light warm orange

About #FFDCC1

#FFDCC1 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 86% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 24% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Apricot (ΔE 6.1); Champagne comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C1E4FF — a light blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FFDCC1 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.26:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green220
Blue193

Closest named colours

Apricot
#FBCEB1 · ΔE 6.1
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 7.9
Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 9.1

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

Text on #FFDCC1

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on apricot #FFDCC1.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on apricot #FFDCC1.
16.26:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFDCC1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFDCC1
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E7DEBF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EFE5C1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFD5D4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFDCC1?

#FFDCC1 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 86% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 24% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFDCC1?

Use black text. Black on #FFDCC1 has a contrast ratio of 16.26:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFDCC1?

Its complementary colour is #C1E4FF, and analogous partners are #FFC1C5 and #FFFBC1.