Bone #E0D7C6

Bone (#E0D7C6) is a near-white neutral with an OKLCH hue of 83°, lightness 0.88 and chroma 0.025. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.

Color values

HEX#E0D7C6
RGBrgb(224, 215, 198)
HSLhsl(39, 30%, 83%)
HSVhsv(39, 12%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4%, 12%, 12%)
CIE Lablab(86.3 0.2 9.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.882 0.025 83)

How Bone behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Bone shifts subtly: takes on a orange cast, gains intensity; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 1.43:1 and against black 14.71:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Palettes built from Bone

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#f9f1e1 · #e0d7c6 · #a9a193 · #837c6f · #5e584d · #3c372e

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#e0d7c6 · #e5bc93 · #d6a68a · #c49183 · #af7e7d · #996c77

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#e0d7c6 · #aebea6 · #ac966b · #678558 · #6e5b35 · #394832

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#e0d7c6 · #bcb4a5 · #9f9176 · #516793 · #3f341f · #211a0c

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#e0d7c6 · #b8bbc2 · #878279 · #4c4f53 · #241f16 · #010103

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e0d7c6 · #a19d94 · #474137 · #2a241a · #080400 · #efbb4d

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#e0d7c6 · #b4bbca · #7083a8 · #394e78 · #0f1e3e · #0d0500

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#e0d7c6 · #b4bbca · #5e89a1 · #514674 · #002435 · #010006

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#e0d7c6 · #abc0c2 · #558e93 · #634066 · #2e1431 · #000203

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#e0d7c6 · #adc0ba · #5c8f80 · #394e78 · #361122 · #000007

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#E4DCCD · #E8E1D4 · #ECE6DB · #EFEBE2 · #F3F0E9

Shades

#B7AFA0 · #90897B · #6A6459 · #474238 · #27221A

Using Bone

Its high lightness and low chroma make it a natural background or large-surface color. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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