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#E6D5CE

Bone · very light neutral

About #E6D5CE

#E6D5CE is a very light, near-neutral orange colour. Digitally that works out to 90% red, 84% green and 81% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 10% yellow and 10% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

Visually it is very close to Bone (ΔE 6.0), with Oat the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #CEDFE6 (ice blue), 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 14.77:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red230
Green213
Blue206

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.0
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.1
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 7.5

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

Text on #E6D5CE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #E6D5CE.
1.42:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #E6D5CE.
14.77:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E6D5CE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E6D5CE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D9D6CE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DDDACE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EBD3D3

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E6D5CE?

#E6D5CE is a very light, near-neutral orange colour. Digitally that works out to 90% red, 84% green and 81% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 10% yellow and 10% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #E6D5CE?

Use black text. Black on #E6D5CE has a contrast ratio of 14.77:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E6D5CE?

Its complementary colour is #CEDFE6, and analogous partners are #E6CED3 and #E6E1CE.