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#D2CFBA

Oat · very light warm yellow

About #D2CFBA

With the hex code #D2CFBA, this is a very light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 82% red, 81% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 11% 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 4.1 — followed by Bone. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BABDD2, a thistle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.37:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red210
Green207
Blue186

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.1
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.5
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.0

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

Text on #D2CFBA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #D2CFBA.
1.57:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #D2CFBA.
13.37:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D2CFBA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D2CFBA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D3CDB9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D4CFBB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D6CCC9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D2CFBA?

With the hex code #D2CFBA, this is a very light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 82% red, 81% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 11% yellow and 18% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #D2CFBA?

Use black text. Black on #D2CFBA has a contrast ratio of 13.37:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D2CFBA?

Its complementary colour is #BABDD2, and analogous partners are #D2C3BA and #C9D2BA.