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#EDDBC9

Bone · very light warm orange

About #EDDBC9

With the hex code #EDDBC9, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 86% green and 79% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 15% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Bone — a ΔE of 3.6 — followed by Oat. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #C9DBED, a ice blue shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.58:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red237
Green219
Blue201

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 3.6
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.2
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 5.3

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

Text on #EDDBC9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #EDDBC9.
1.35:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #EDDBC9.
15.58:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EDDBC9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EDDBC9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E1DBC8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E6DFC9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F4D7D6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDDBC9?

With the hex code #EDDBC9, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 86% green and 79% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 15% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #EDDBC9?

Use black text. Black on #EDDBC9 has a contrast ratio of 15.58:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDDBC9?

Its complementary colour is #C9DBED, and analogous partners are #EDC9C9 and #EDEDC9.