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#E8DDCB

Bone · very light warm orange

About #E8DDCB

#E8DDCB is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 91% red, 87% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 13% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Bone (ΔE 1.5); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CBD6E8 — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E8DDCB 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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Red232
Green221
Blue203

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 1.5
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 3.7
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 4.6

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

Text on #E8DDCB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #E8DDCB.
1.34:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #E8DDCB.
15.64:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E8DDCB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E8DDCB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E2DDCA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E5DFCB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EDDAD8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E8DDCB?

#E8DDCB is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 91% red, 87% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 13% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E8DDCB?

Use black text. Black on #E8DDCB has a contrast ratio of 15.64:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E8DDCB?

Its complementary colour is #CBD6E8, and analogous partners are #E8CFCB and #E4E8CB.