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#EEDCCD

Bone · very light warm orange

About #EEDCCD

With the hex code #EEDCCD, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 86% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 14% 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 3.8 — followed by Oat. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #CDDFEE, 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 — 15.75:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red238
Green220
Blue205

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 3.8
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 5.1
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 6.2

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

Text on #EEDCCD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #EEDCCD.
1.33:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #EEDCCD.
15.75:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EEDCCD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E2DDCC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E6E1CD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F5D8D8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EEDCCD?

With the hex code #EEDCCD, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 86% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 14% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #EEDCCD?

Use black text. Black on #EEDCCD has a contrast ratio of 15.75:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EEDCCD?

Its complementary colour is #CDDFEE, and analogous partners are #EECDCF and #EEECCD.