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#FFE8B3

Vanilla · very light warm orange

About #FFE8B3

With the hex code #FFE8B3, this is a very light orange with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 91% green and 70% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 30% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Vanilla — a ΔE of 4.6 — followed by Wheat. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B3CAFF, a periwinkle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.45:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green232
Blue179

Closest named colours

Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 4.6
Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 5.9
Butter
#FFF1A8 · ΔE 10.4

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

Text on #FFE8B3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on vanilla #FFE8B3.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on vanilla #FFE8B3.
17.45:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFE8B3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFE8B3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F5E6B0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FAEDB5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFDFDA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFE8B3?

With the hex code #FFE8B3, this is a very light orange with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 91% green and 70% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 30% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #FFE8B3?

Use black text. Black on #FFE8B3 has a contrast ratio of 17.45:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFE8B3?

Its complementary colour is #B3CAFF, and analogous partners are #FFC2B3 and #F0FFB3.