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#D4D5BC

Oat · very light warm yellow

About #D4D5BC

#D4D5BC is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 83% red, 84% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 16% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Oat (ΔE 5.5), with Bone the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BDBCD5 (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.04:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red212
Green213
Blue188

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 5.5
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.2
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 6.9

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

Text on #D4D5BC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #D4D5BC.
1.50:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #D4D5BC.
14.04:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D4D5BC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D4D5BC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DAD3BB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DAD4BD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D8D2CE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D4D5BC?

#D4D5BC is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 83% red, 84% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 16% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #D4D5BC?

Use black text. Black on #D4D5BC has a contrast ratio of 14.04:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D4D5BC?

Its complementary colour is #BDBCD5, and analogous partners are #D5CABC and #C8D5BC.