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#E0DDCA

Bone · very light warm yellow

About #E0DDCA

#E0DDCA is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 88% red, 87% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 10% yellow and 12% 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 #CACDE0 — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E0DDCA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.36:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red224
Green221
Blue202

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 2.5
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.5
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 4.9

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

Text on #E0DDCA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #E0DDCA.
1.37:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #E0DDCA.
15.36:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E0DDCA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E0DDCA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E1DCC9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2DDCB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E4DAD7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E0DDCA?

#E0DDCA is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 88% red, 87% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 10% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E0DDCA?

Use black text. Black on #E0DDCA has a contrast ratio of 15.36:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E0DDCA?

Its complementary colour is #CACDE0, and analogous partners are #E0D2CA and #D8E0CA.