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#EAD6CA

Bone · very light warm orange

About #EAD6CA

#EAD6CA is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 84% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 14% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Bone (ΔE 4.9); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CADEEA — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EAD6CA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.97:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red234
Green214
Blue202

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.9
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 5.4
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 8.6

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

Text on #EAD6CA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #EAD6CA.
1.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #EAD6CA.
14.97:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EAD6CA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EAD6CA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DCD7C9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0DBCA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F1D3D3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EAD6CA?

#EAD6CA is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 84% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 14% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EAD6CA?

Use black text. Black on #EAD6CA has a contrast ratio of 14.97:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EAD6CA?

Its complementary colour is #CADEEA, and analogous partners are #EACACE and #EAE6CA.