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#F4DED3

Bone · very light warm orange

About #F4DED3

#F4DED3 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 96% red, 87% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 14% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Bone (ΔE 6.3); Linen comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D3E9F4 — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F4DED3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.24:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red244
Green222
Blue211

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.3
Linen
#FAF0E6 · ΔE 7.1
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.7

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

Text on #F4DED3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #F4DED3.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #F4DED3.
16.24:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F4DED3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F4DED3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E4E0D2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E9E4D3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FBDBDB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F4DED3?

#F4DED3 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 96% red, 87% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 14% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F4DED3?

Use black text. Black on #F4DED3 has a contrast ratio of 16.24:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F4DED3?

Its complementary colour is #D3E9F4, and analogous partners are #F4D3D8 and #F4EFD3.