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#E6DBCC

Bone · very light warm orange

About #E6DBCC

#E6DBCC is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 90% red, 86% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 11% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Bone (ΔE 1.4); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CCD7E6 — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E6DBCC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.37:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red230
Green219
Blue204

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 1.4
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.0
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 5.7

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

Text on #E6DBCC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #E6DBCC.
1.37:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #E6DBCC.
15.37:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E6DBCC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E6DBCC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E0DBCB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2DDCC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EBD8D7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E6DBCC?

#E6DBCC is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 90% red, 86% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 11% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E6DBCC?

Use black text. Black on #E6DBCC has a contrast ratio of 15.37:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E6DBCC?

Its complementary colour is #CCD7E6, and analogous partners are #E6CECC and #E4E6CC.