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#DAC7BB

Oat · light warm orange

About #DAC7BB

#DAC7BB is a light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 85% red, 78% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 14% yellow and 15% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Oat (ΔE 6.0), with Bone the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BBCEDA (light blue), its complementary partner.

Because it is light, it is most useful for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.87:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red218
Green199
Blue187

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 6.0
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 7.4
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.1

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

Text on #DAC7BB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DAC7BB.
1.63:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DAC7BB.
12.87:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DAC7BB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DAC7BB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CCC8BA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D1CCBB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E0C4C4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAC7BB?

#DAC7BB is a light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 85% red, 78% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 14% yellow and 15% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DAC7BB?

Use black text. Black on #DAC7BB has a contrast ratio of 12.87:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAC7BB?

Its complementary colour is #BBCEDA, and analogous partners are #DABBBE and #DAD7BB.