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#F1DDCB

Bone · very light warm orange

About #F1DDCB

#F1DDCB is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 87% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 16% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Bone (ΔE 4.6); Champagne comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CBDFF1 — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F1DDCB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.95:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red241
Green221
Blue203

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.6
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 4.9
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 5.3

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

Text on #F1DDCB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #F1DDCB.
1.32:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #F1DDCB.
15.95:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F1DDCB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F1DDCB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E4DECA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8E2CB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F8D9D8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F1DDCB?

#F1DDCB is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 87% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 16% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F1DDCB?

Use black text. Black on #F1DDCB has a contrast ratio of 15.95:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F1DDCB?

Its complementary colour is #CBDFF1, and analogous partners are #F1CBCC and #F1F0CB.