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#EADCC7

Bone · very light warm orange

About #EADCC7

#EADCC7 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 very close to Bone (ΔE 3.0); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C7D5EA — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EADCC7 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.56:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red234
Green220
Blue199

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 3.0
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 3.4
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 4.5

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

Text on #EADCC7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #EADCC7.
1.35:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #EADCC7.
15.56:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EADCC7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EADCC7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E2DCC6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E6DFC8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F1D8D6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EADCC7?

#EADCC7 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 #EADCC7?

Use black text. Black on #EADCC7 has a contrast ratio of 15.56:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EADCC7?

Its complementary colour is #C7D5EA, and analogous partners are #EACBC7 and #E7EAC7.