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#DAC9BB

Oat · light warm orange

About #DAC9BB

With the hex code #DAC9BB, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 85% red, 79% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 14% yellow and 15% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Oat — a ΔE of 4.7 — followed by Bone. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BBCCDA, a light blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 13.05:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red218
Green201
Blue187

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.7
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.3
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.2

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

Text on #DAC9BB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DAC9BB.
1.61:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DAC9BB.
13.05:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DAC9BB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DAC9BB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CECABA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D2CDBB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E0C6C5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAC9BB?

With the hex code #DAC9BB, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 85% red, 79% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 14% yellow and 15% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #DAC9BB?

Use black text. Black on #DAC9BB has a contrast ratio of 13.05:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAC9BB?

Its complementary colour is #BBCCDA, and analogous partners are #DABBBC and #DAD9BB.