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#E6DFC8

Bone · very light warm yellow

About #E6DFC8

#E6DFC8 is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 90% red, 87% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 3% magenta, 13% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Bone (ΔE 3.5); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C8CFE6 — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E6DFC8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.75:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red230
Green223
Blue200

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 3.5
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 4.2
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.5

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

Text on #E6DFC8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #E6DFC8.
1.33:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #E6DFC8.
15.75:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E6DFC8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E6DFC8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E4DEC7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E6E0C9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EBDBD8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E6DFC8?

#E6DFC8 is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 90% red, 87% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 3% magenta, 13% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E6DFC8?

Use black text. Black on #E6DFC8 has a contrast ratio of 15.75:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E6DFC8?

Its complementary colour is #C8CFE6, and analogous partners are #E6D0C8 and #DEE6C8.