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#D3D4BF

Oat · very light warm yellow

About #D3D4BF

#D3D4BF is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 83% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 17% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Oat (ΔE 5.0); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C0BFD4 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D3D4BF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.94:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red211
Green212
Blue191

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 5.0
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.2
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 6.9

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

Text on #D3D4BF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #D3D4BF.
1.51:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #D3D4BF.
13.94:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D3D4BF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D3D4BF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D8D2BE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D8D3C0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D6D1CE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D3D4BF?

#D3D4BF is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 83% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 17% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #D3D4BF?

Use black text. Black on #D3D4BF has a contrast ratio of 13.94:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D3D4BF?

Its complementary colour is #C0BFD4, and analogous partners are #D4CBBF and #C9D4BF.