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#EFDDCD

Bone · very light warm orange

About #EFDDCD

#EFDDCD is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 87% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 14% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Bone (ΔE 3.9); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CDDFEF — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EFDDCD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.89:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red239
Green221
Blue205

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 3.9
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 5.1
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 5.6

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

Text on #EFDDCD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #EFDDCD.
1.32:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #EFDDCD.
15.89:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EFDDCD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E3DECC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7E2CD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F6D9D8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EFDDCD?

#EFDDCD is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 87% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 14% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EFDDCD?

Use black text. Black on #EFDDCD has a contrast ratio of 15.89:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EFDDCD?

Its complementary colour is #CDDFEF, and analogous partners are #EFCDCE and #EFEECD.