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#F2DECD

Bone · very light warm orange

About #F2DECD

With the hex code #F2DECD, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 95% red, 87% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 15% yellow and 5% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Bone — a ΔE of 4.7 — followed by Champagne. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #CDE1F2, 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 — 16.11:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red242
Green222
Blue205

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.7
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 5.0
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 5.7

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

Text on #F2DECD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #F2DECD.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #F2DECD.
16.11:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F2DECD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F2DECD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E4DFCC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E9E3CD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F9DAD9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F2DECD?

With the hex code #F2DECD, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 95% red, 87% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 15% yellow and 5% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #F2DECD?

Use black text. Black on #F2DECD has a contrast ratio of 16.11:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F2DECD?

Its complementary colour is #CDE1F2, and analogous partners are #F2CDCF and #F2F1CD.