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#E2DBC6

Bone · very light warm orange

About #E2DBC6

#E2DBC6 is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 89% red, 86% green and 78% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 3% magenta, 12% yellow and 11% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is virtually identical to Bone (ΔE 2.2), with Oat the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C6CDE2 (lavender), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.18:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red226
Green219
Blue198

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 2.2
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 3.1
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 5.3

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

Text on #E2DBC6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #E2DBC6.
1.38:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #E2DBC6.
15.18:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E2DBC6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E2DBC6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E0DAC5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2DCC7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E7D7D5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E2DBC6?

#E2DBC6 is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 89% red, 86% green and 78% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 3% magenta, 12% yellow and 11% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E2DBC6?

Use black text. Black on #E2DBC6 has a contrast ratio of 15.18:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E2DBC6?

Its complementary colour is #C6CDE2, and analogous partners are #E2CDC6 and #DBE2C6.