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#CDC2B4

Oat · light warm orange

About #CDC2B4

With the hex code #CDC2B4, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 76% green and 71% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 12% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Oat — a ΔE of 6.8 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B4BFCD, a silver shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.97:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red205
Green194
Blue180

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 6.8
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 7.2
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 8.5

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

Text on #CDC2B4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #CDC2B4.
1.75:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #CDC2B4.
11.97:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDC2B4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDC2B4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C6C2B3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C9C5B4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D2BFBE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDC2B4?

With the hex code #CDC2B4, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 76% green and 71% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 12% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CDC2B4?

Use black text. Black on #CDC2B4 has a contrast ratio of 11.97:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDC2B4?

Its complementary colour is #B4BFCD, and analogous partners are #CDB5B4 and #CCCDB4.