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#D4D4BF

Oat · very light warm yellow

About #D4D4BF

With the hex code #D4D4BF, this is a very light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 83% red, 83% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 17% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Oat — a ΔE of 4.6 — followed by Bone. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BFBFD4, a thistle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.97:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red212
Green212
Blue191

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.6
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.9
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.2

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

Text on #D4D4BF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #D4D4BF.
1.50:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #D4D4BF.
13.97:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D4D4BF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D4D4BF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D8D2BE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D8D3C0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D7D1CE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D4D4BF?

With the hex code #D4D4BF, this is a very light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 83% red, 83% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 17% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #D4D4BF?

Use black text. Black on #D4D4BF has a contrast ratio of 13.97:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D4D4BF?

Its complementary colour is #BFBFD4, and analogous partners are #D4CABF and #CAD4BF.