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#D5CCBE

Oat · very light warm orange

About #D5CCBE

#D5CCBE is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 84% red, 80% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 11% yellow and 16% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Oat (ΔE 4.2), with Bone the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BEC7D5 (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 13.21:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red213
Green204
Blue190

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.2
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.1
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 8.4

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

Text on #D5CCBE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #D5CCBE.
1.59:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #D5CCBE.
13.21:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D5CCBE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D5CCBE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D0CCBD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D2CEBE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D9C9C8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D5CCBE?

#D5CCBE is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 84% red, 80% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 11% yellow and 16% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #D5CCBE?

Use black text. Black on #D5CCBE has a contrast ratio of 13.21:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D5CCBE?

Its complementary colour is #BEC7D5, and analogous partners are #D5C1BE and #D3D5BE.