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#EFDECD

Bone · very light warm orange

About #EFDECD

With the hex code #EFDECD, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 94% red, 87% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 14% yellow and 6% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Bone — a ΔE of 3.6 — followed by Champagne. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #CDDEEF, 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 — 16.00:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red239
Green222
Blue205

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 3.6
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 5.0
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 5.0

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

Text on #EFDECD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #EFDECD.
1.31:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #EFDECD.
16.00:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EFDECD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E4DECC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8E2CD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F6DAD9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EFDECD?

With the hex code #EFDECD, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 94% red, 87% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 14% yellow and 6% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #EFDECD?

Use black text. Black on #EFDECD has a contrast ratio of 16.00:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EFDECD?

Its complementary colour is #CDDEEF, and analogous partners are #EFCDCD and #EFEFCD.