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#E0DDCD

Bone · very light warm yellow

About #E0DDCD

#E0DDCD is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 88% red, 87% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 8% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Bone (ΔE 2.4); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CDD0E0 — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E0DDCD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.39:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red224
Green221
Blue205

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 2.4
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 5.0
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 5.2

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

Text on #E0DDCD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #E0DDCD.
1.36:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #E0DDCD.
15.39:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E0DDCD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E0DDCD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E1DCCC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2DDCD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E3DAD8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E0DDCD?

#E0DDCD is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 88% red, 87% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 8% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E0DDCD?

Use black text. Black on #E0DDCD has a contrast ratio of 15.39:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E0DDCD?

Its complementary colour is #CDD0E0, and analogous partners are #E0D4CD and #DAE0CD.