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#EAE2D3

Bone · very light warm orange

About #EAE2D3

#EAE2D3 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 89% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 3% magenta, 10% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Bone (ΔE 3.0); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D3DBEA — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EAE2D3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.32:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red234
Green226
Blue211

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 3.0
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 3.6
Linen
#FAF0E6 · ΔE 5.8

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

Text on #EAE2D3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #EAE2D3.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #EAE2D3.
16.32:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EAE2D3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EAE2D3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E6E2D2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8E4D3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EEDFDE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EAE2D3?

#EAE2D3 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 89% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 3% magenta, 10% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EAE2D3?

Use black text. Black on #EAE2D3 has a contrast ratio of 16.32:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EAE2D3?

Its complementary colour is #D3DBEA, and analogous partners are #EAD7D3 and #E7EAD3.