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#EEDCC9

Bone · very light warm orange

About #EEDCC9

#EEDCC9 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 86% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 16% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Bone (ΔE 3.8); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C9DBEE — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EEDCC9 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.72:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red238
Green220
Blue201

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 3.8
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.4
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 4.7

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

Text on #EEDCC9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #EEDCC9.
1.34:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #EEDCC9.
15.72:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EEDCC9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EEDCC9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E2DCC8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7E0C9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F5D8D7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EEDCC9?

#EEDCC9 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 86% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 16% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EEDCC9?

Use black text. Black on #EEDCC9 has a contrast ratio of 15.72:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EEDCC9?

Its complementary colour is #C9DBEE, and analogous partners are #EECAC9 and #EEEEC9.