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#E2DFC6

Bone · very light warm yellow

About #E2DFC6

#E2DFC6 is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 87% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 12% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Bone (ΔE 4.8); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C6C9E2 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E2DFC6 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.60:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red226
Green223
Blue198

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.8
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 5.1
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 5.4

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

Text on #E2DFC6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #E2DFC6.
1.35:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #E2DFC6.
15.60:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E2DFC6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E2DFC6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E4DDC5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E5DFC7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E7DBD8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E2DFC6?

#E2DFC6 is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 87% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 12% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E2DFC6?

Use black text. Black on #E2DFC6 has a contrast ratio of 15.60:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E2DFC6?

Its complementary colour is #C6C9E2, and analogous partners are #E2D1C6 and #D7E2C6.