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#E9D8CD

Bone · very light warm orange

About #E9D8CD

With the hex code #E9D8CD, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 91% red, 85% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 12% yellow and 9% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Bone — a ΔE of 4.3 — followed by Oat. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #CDDEE9, a ice blue 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 — 15.17:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red233
Green216
Blue205

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.3
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 5.6
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 8.1

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

Text on #E9D8CD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #E9D8CD.
1.38:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #E9D8CD.
15.17:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E9D8CD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E9D8CD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DDD9CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E1DCCD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EFD5D5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E9D8CD?

With the hex code #E9D8CD, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 91% red, 85% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 12% yellow and 9% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #E9D8CD?

Use black text. Black on #E9D8CD has a contrast ratio of 15.17:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E9D8CD?

Its complementary colour is #CDDEE9, and analogous partners are #E9CDD0 and #E9E6CD.