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#F2DED4

Bone · very light warm orange

About #F2DED4

#F2DED4 is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 95% red, 87% green and 83% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 12% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Bone (ΔE 6.0), with Linen the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #D4E8F2 (ice blue), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.17:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red242
Green222
Blue212

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.0
Linen
#FAF0E6 · ΔE 6.7
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.6

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

Text on #F2DED4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #F2DED4.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #F2DED4.
16.17:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F2DED4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F2DED4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E3DFD3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8E3D4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F8DBDB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F2DED4?

#F2DED4 is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 95% red, 87% green and 83% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 12% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F2DED4?

Use black text. Black on #F2DED4 has a contrast ratio of 16.17:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F2DED4?

Its complementary colour is #D4E8F2, and analogous partners are #F2D4D9 and #F2EDD4.