#EADECE
Bone · very light warm orange
About #EADECE
#EADECE is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 87% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 12% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.
Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Bone (ΔE 2.1); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CEDAEA — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #EADECE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.84:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #EADECE
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #EADECE?
#EADECE is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 87% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 12% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.
›What text colour should I use on #EADECE?
Use black text. Black on #EADECE has a contrast ratio of 15.84:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #EADECE?
Its complementary colour is #CEDAEA, and analogous partners are #EAD0CE and #E8EACE.