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#D5CCB8

Oat · very light warm orange

About #D5CCB8

#D5CCB8 is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 84% red, 80% green and 72% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 14% yellow and 16% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is virtually identical to Oat (ΔE 3.0), with Bone the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #B8C1D5 (silver), 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 13.16:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red213
Green204
Blue184

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 3.0
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.3
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 8.8

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

Text on #D5CCB8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #D5CCB8.
1.60:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #D5CCB8.
13.16:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D5CCB8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D5CCB8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D1CBB7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D3CEB9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DAC8C6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D5CCB8?

#D5CCB8 is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 84% red, 80% green and 72% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 14% yellow and 16% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #D5CCB8?

Use black text. Black on #D5CCB8 has a contrast ratio of 13.16:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D5CCB8?

Its complementary colour is #B8C1D5, and analogous partners are #D5BEB8 and #D0D5B8.