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#D5CFBC

Oat · very light warm yellow

About #D5CFBC

#D5CFBC is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 81% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 3% magenta, 12% yellow and 16% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Oat (ΔE 3.0); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BCC2D5 — a silver tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D5CFBC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.48:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red213
Green207
Blue188

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 3.0
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.5
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 8.3

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

Text on #D5CFBC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #D5CFBC.
1.56:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #D5CFBC.
13.48:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D5CFBC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D5CFBC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D4CEBB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5D0BD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DACCCA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D5CFBC?

#D5CFBC is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 81% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 3% magenta, 12% yellow and 16% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #D5CFBC?

Use black text. Black on #D5CFBC has a contrast ratio of 13.48:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D5CFBC?

Its complementary colour is #BCC2D5, and analogous partners are #D5C3BC and #CFD5BC.