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#EBD7C8

Bone · very light warm orange

About #EBD7C8

#EBD7C8 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 84% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 15% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Bone (ΔE 4.3); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C8DCEB — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EBD7C8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.09:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red235
Green215
Blue200

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.3
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.5
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 7.3

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

Text on #EBD7C8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #EBD7C8.
1.39:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #EBD7C8.
15.09:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EBD7C8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EBD7C8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DDD8C7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2DCC8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F2D3D3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EBD7C8?

#EBD7C8 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 84% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 15% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EBD7C8?

Use black text. Black on #EBD7C8 has a contrast ratio of 15.09:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EBD7C8?

Its complementary colour is #C8DCEB, and analogous partners are #EBC8CB and #EBE9C8.