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#EDDCC9

Bone · very light warm orange

About #EDDCC9

#EDDCC9 is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 86% green and 79% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 15% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Bone (ΔE 3.5), with Oat the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C9DAED (ice blue), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.68:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red237
Green220
Blue201

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 3.5
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.1
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 4.7

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

Text on #EDDCC9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #EDDCC9.
1.34:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #EDDCC9.
15.68:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EDDCC9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EDDCC9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E2DCC8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E6E0C9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F4D8D7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDDCC9?

#EDDCC9 is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 86% green and 79% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 15% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EDDCC9?

Use black text. Black on #EDDCC9 has a contrast ratio of 15.68:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDDCC9?

Its complementary colour is #C9DAED, and analogous partners are #EDCAC9 and #ECEDC9.