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#D2BEAD

Oat · light warm orange

About #D2BEAD

With the hex code #D2BEAD, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 82% red, 75% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 18% yellow and 18% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Oat — a ΔE of 7.7 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ADC1D2, a light 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 — 11.71:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red210
Green190
Blue173

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.7
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 8.1
Khaki
#C3B091 · ΔE 9.4

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

Text on #D2BEAD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #D2BEAD.
1.79:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #D2BEAD.
11.71:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D2BEAD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D2BEAD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C4BFAC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C9C3AD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D9BAB9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D2BEAD?

With the hex code #D2BEAD, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 82% red, 75% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 18% yellow and 18% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #D2BEAD?

Use black text. Black on #D2BEAD has a contrast ratio of 11.71:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D2BEAD?

Its complementary colour is #ADC1D2, and analogous partners are #D2ADAF and #D2D1AD.