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#D6D2BC

Oat · very light warm yellow

About #D6D2BC

With the hex code #D6D2BC, this is a very light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 84% red, 82% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 12% yellow and 16% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Oat — a ΔE of 3.4 — followed by Bone. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BCC0D6, a thistle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.80:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red214
Green210
Blue188

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 3.4
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.7
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.8

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

Text on #D6D2BC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #D6D2BC.
1.52:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #D6D2BC.
13.80:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D6D2BC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D6D2BC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D7D0BB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D8D2BD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DBCFCC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D6D2BC?

With the hex code #D6D2BC, this is a very light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 84% red, 82% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 12% yellow and 16% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #D6D2BC?

Use black text. Black on #D6D2BC has a contrast ratio of 13.80:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D6D2BC?

Its complementary colour is #BCC0D6, and analogous partners are #D6C5BC and #CDD6BC.