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#D2BFAB

Oat · light warm orange

About #D2BFAB

#D2BFAB is a muted, light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 75% green and 67% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 19% yellow and 18% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Oat (ΔE 7.2); Khaki comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ABBED2 — a dusty blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #D2BFAB for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.78:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red210
Green191
Blue171

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.2
Khaki
#C3B091 · ΔE 8.3
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 8.7

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

Text on #D2BFAB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #D2BFAB.
1.78:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #D2BFAB.
11.78:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D2BFAB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D2BFAB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C6BFAA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CAC4AB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D9BBB9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D2BFAB?

#D2BFAB is a muted, light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 75% green and 67% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 19% yellow and 18% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #D2BFAB?

Use black text. Black on #D2BFAB has a contrast ratio of 11.78:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D2BFAB?

Its complementary colour is #ABBED2, and analogous partners are #D2ACAB and #D2D2AB.