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#D3D1BF

Oat · very light warm yellow

About #D3D1BF

#D3D1BF is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 82% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 9% yellow and 17% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Oat (ΔE 4.2); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BFC1D3 — a silver tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D3D1BF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.64:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red211
Green209
Blue191

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.2
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.6
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.6

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

Text on #D3D1BF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #D3D1BF.
1.54:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #D3D1BF.
13.64:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D3D1BF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D3D1BF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D5D0BE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D6D1C0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D6CECC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D3D1BF?

#D3D1BF is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 82% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 9% yellow and 17% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #D3D1BF?

Use black text. Black on #D3D1BF has a contrast ratio of 13.64:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D3D1BF?

Its complementary colour is #BFC1D3, and analogous partners are #D3C7BF and #CBD3BF.