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#D7D2BA

Oat · very light warm yellow

About #D7D2BA

#D7D2BA is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 82% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 13% yellow and 16% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Oat (ΔE 3.5); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BABFD7 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D7D2BA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.82:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red215
Green210
Blue186

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 3.5
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.2
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 8.1

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

Text on #D7D2BA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #D7D2BA.
1.52:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #D7D2BA.
13.82:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D7D2BA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D7D2BA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D7D0B9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9D2BB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DCCECB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D7D2BA?

#D7D2BA is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 82% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 13% yellow and 16% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #D7D2BA?

Use black text. Black on #D7D2BA has a contrast ratio of 13.82:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D7D2BA?

Its complementary colour is #BABFD7, and analogous partners are #D7C3BA and #CED7BA.