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#D4D5BF

Oat · very light warm yellow

About #D4D5BF

#D4D5BF is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 83% red, 84% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 16% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Oat (ΔE 5.0), with Bone the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C0BFD5 (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.07:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red212
Green213
Blue191

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 5.0
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.3
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.0

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

Text on #D4D5BF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #D4D5BF.
1.49:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #D4D5BF.
14.07:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D4D5BF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D4D5BF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D9D3BE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9D4C0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D7D2CF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D4D5BF?

#D4D5BF is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 83% red, 84% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 16% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #D4D5BF?

Use black text. Black on #D4D5BF has a contrast ratio of 14.07:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D4D5BF?

Its complementary colour is #C0BFD5, and analogous partners are #D5CBBF and #C9D5BF.