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#EFD9CE

Bone · very light warm orange

About #EFD9CE

#EFD9CE is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 85% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 14% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Bone (ΔE 5.8); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CEE4EF — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EFD9CE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.49:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red239
Green217
Blue206

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.8
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 6.7
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 8.5

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

Text on #EFD9CE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #EFD9CE.
1.36:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #EFD9CE.
15.49:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EFD9CE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EFD9CE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DFDBCD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E4DFCE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F6D6D6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EFD9CE?

#EFD9CE is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 85% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 14% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EFD9CE?

Use black text. Black on #EFD9CE has a contrast ratio of 15.49:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EFD9CE?

Its complementary colour is #CEE4EF, and analogous partners are #EFCED4 and #EFEACE.