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#EADBC8

Bone · very light warm orange

About #EADBC8

#EADBC8 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 86% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 15% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Bone (ΔE 2.6); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C8D7EA — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EADBC8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.47:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red234
Green219
Blue200

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 2.6
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 3.3
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 5.1

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

Text on #EADBC8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #EADBC8.
1.36:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #EADBC8.
15.47:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EADBC8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EADBC8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E1DBC7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E5DFC8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F0D7D6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EADBC8?

#EADBC8 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 86% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 15% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EADBC8?

Use black text. Black on #EADBC8 has a contrast ratio of 15.47:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EADBC8?

Its complementary colour is #C8D7EA, and analogous partners are #EACAC8 and #E8EAC8.