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#EFDBCF

Bone · very light warm orange

About #EFDBCF

#EFDBCF is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 86% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 13% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Bone (ΔE 5.0); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CFE3EF — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EFDBCF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.70:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red239
Green219
Blue207

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.0
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 6.3
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 7.6

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

Text on #EFDBCF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #EFDBCF.
1.34:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #EFDBCF.
15.70:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EFDBCF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E1DCCE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E5E0CF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F6D8D8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EFDBCF?

#EFDBCF is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 86% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 13% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EFDBCF?

Use black text. Black on #EFDBCF has a contrast ratio of 15.70:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EFDBCF?

Its complementary colour is #CFE3EF, and analogous partners are #EFCFD3 and #EFEBCF.