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#DEDAC6

Bone · very light warm yellow

About #DEDAC6

#DEDAC6 is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 85% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 11% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Bone (ΔE 2.5); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C6CADE — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DEDAC6 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.95:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red222
Green218
Blue198

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 2.5
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 3.6
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 5.8

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

Text on #DEDAC6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #DEDAC6.
1.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #DEDAC6.
14.95:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DEDAC6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DEDAC6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DED9C5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0DAC7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E2D7D4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DEDAC6?

#DEDAC6 is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 85% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 11% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DEDAC6?

Use black text. Black on #DEDAC6 has a contrast ratio of 14.95:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DEDAC6?

Its complementary colour is #C6CADE, and analogous partners are #DECEC6 and #D6DEC6.