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#D5CCBF

Oat · very light neutral

About #D5CCBF

#D5CCBF is a near-neutral, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 80% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 10% yellow and 16% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Oat (ΔE 4.6); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BFC8D5 — a silver tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D5CCBF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.22:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red213
Green204
Blue191

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.6
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.3
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 7.9

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

Text on #D5CCBF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #D5CCBF.
1.59:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #D5CCBF.
13.22:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D5CCBF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D5CCBF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D0CCBE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D2CEBF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D9C9C8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D5CCBF?

#D5CCBF is a near-neutral, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 80% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 10% yellow and 16% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.

›What text colour should I use on #D5CCBF?

Use black text. Black on #D5CCBF has a contrast ratio of 13.22:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D5CCBF?

Its complementary colour is #BFC8D5, and analogous partners are #D5C1BF and #D3D5BF.