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#FFDEB4

Wheat · very light warm orange

About #FFDEB4

With the hex code #FFDEB4, this is a very light orange with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 87% green and 71% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 29% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Wheat — a ΔE of 4.1 — followed by Apricot. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B4D5FF, a periwinkle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.36:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green222
Blue180

Closest named colours

Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 4.1
Apricot
#FBCEB1 · ΔE 8.9
Sand
#E2CA9B · ΔE 9.0

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

Text on #FFDEB4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wheat #FFDEB4.
1.28:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wheat #FFDEB4.
16.36:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFDEB4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFDEB4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EBDEB1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F2E6B5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFD5D3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFDEB4?

With the hex code #FFDEB4, this is a very light orange with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 87% green and 71% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 29% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #FFDEB4?

Use black text. Black on #FFDEB4 has a contrast ratio of 16.36:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFDEB4?

Its complementary colour is #B4D5FF, and analogous partners are #FFB9B4 and #FBFFB4.