ColorXprez

#D0BEAD

Greige · light warm orange

About #D0BEAD

#D0BEAD is a light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 82% red, 75% green and 68% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 17% yellow and 18% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Greige (ΔE 7.5), with Oat the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #ADBFD0 (dusty blue), its complementary partner.

Because it is light, it is most useful for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.65:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red208
Green190
Blue173

Closest named colours

Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 7.5
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.5
Khaki
#C3B091 · ΔE 9.3

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

Text on #D0BEAD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on greige #D0BEAD.
1.80:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on greige #D0BEAD.
11.65:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D0BEAD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D0BEAD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C4BFAC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C8C3AD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D7BAB9

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D0BEAD?

#D0BEAD is a light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 82% red, 75% green and 68% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 17% yellow and 18% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #D0BEAD?

Use black text. Black on #D0BEAD has a contrast ratio of 11.65:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D0BEAD?

Its complementary colour is #ADBFD0, and analogous partners are #D0ADAE and #D0D0AD.