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#E1DFCA

Bone · very light warm yellow

About #E1DFCA

#E1DFCA 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 very close to Bone (ΔE 3.5); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CACCE1 — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E1DFCA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.61:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red225
Green223
Blue202

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 3.5
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 4.5
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 5.2

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

Text on #E1DFCA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #E1DFCA.
1.35:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #E1DFCA.
15.61:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E1DFCA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E1DFCA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E3DDC9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E4DFCB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E5DCD9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E1DFCA?

#E1DFCA 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 #E1DFCA?

Use black text. Black on #E1DFCA has a contrast ratio of 15.61:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E1DFCA?

Its complementary colour is #CACCE1, and analogous partners are #E1D3CA and #D7E1CA.