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#CDC3AD

Oat · light warm orange

About #CDC3AD

With the hex code #CDC3AD, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 76% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 16% 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 6.1 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ADB7CD, a dusty blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.01:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red205
Green195
Blue173

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 6.1
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 8.5
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 8.8

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

Text on #CDC3AD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #CDC3AD.
1.75:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #CDC3AD.
12.01:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDC3AD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDC3AD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C9C2AC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CBC5AE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D3BFBD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDC3AD?

With the hex code #CDC3AD, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 76% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 16% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CDC3AD?

Use black text. Black on #CDC3AD has a contrast ratio of 12.01:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDC3AD?

Its complementary colour is #ADB7CD, and analogous partners are #CDB3AD and #C7CDAD.