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#E1DCCD

Bone · very light warm yellow

About #E1DCCD

#E1DCCD is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 88% red, 86% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 9% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Bone (ΔE 1.9); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CDD2E1 — a light gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E1DCCD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.32:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red225
Green220
Blue205

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 1.9
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.7
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 5.5

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

Text on #E1DCCD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #E1DCCD.
1.37:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #E1DCCD.
15.32:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E1DCCD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E1DCCD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E0DBCC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E1DDCD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E5D9D8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E1DCCD?

#E1DCCD is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 88% red, 86% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 9% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E1DCCD?

Use black text. Black on #E1DCCD has a contrast ratio of 15.32:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E1DCCD?

Its complementary colour is #CDD2E1, and analogous partners are #E1D2CD and #DCE1CD.