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#E5DECB

Bone · very light warm orange

About #E5DECB

With the hex code #E5DECB, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 90% red, 87% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 3% magenta, 11% yellow and 10% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is virtually identical to Bone — a ΔE of 1.7 — followed by Oat. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #CBD2E5, a lavender shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.64:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red229
Green222
Blue203

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 1.7
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.1
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 4.2

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

Text on #E5DECB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #E5DECB.
1.34:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #E5DECB.
15.64:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E5DECB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E5DECB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E3DDCA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E5DFCC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EADBD8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E5DECB?

With the hex code #E5DECB, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 90% red, 87% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 3% magenta, 11% yellow and 10% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #E5DECB?

Use black text. Black on #E5DECB has a contrast ratio of 15.64:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E5DECB?

Its complementary colour is #CBD2E5, and analogous partners are #E5D1CB and #DFE5CB.