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#D4CFBA

Oat · very light warm yellow

About #D4CFBA

#D4CFBA is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 81% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 12% yellow and 17% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Oat (ΔE 3.4); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BABFD4 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D4CFBA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.43:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red212
Green207
Blue186

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 3.4
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.1
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.7

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

Text on #D4CFBA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #D4CFBA.
1.56:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #D4CFBA.
13.43:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D4CFBA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D4CFBA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D4CEB9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5CFBB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D9CCC9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D4CFBA?

#D4CFBA is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 81% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 12% yellow and 17% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #D4CFBA?

Use black text. Black on #D4CFBA has a contrast ratio of 13.43:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D4CFBA?

Its complementary colour is #BABFD4, and analogous partners are #D4C2BA and #CCD4BA.