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#DACBB8

Oat · very light warm orange

About #DACBB8

#DACBB8 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 80% green and 72% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 16% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Oat (ΔE 2.9); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B8C7DA — a light blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DACBB8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.22:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red218
Green203
Blue184

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 2.9
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.6
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 10.3

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

Text on #DACBB8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DACBB8.
1.59:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DACBB8.
13.22:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DACBB8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DACBB8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D1CBB7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5CFB8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E0C7C6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DACBB8?

#DACBB8 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 80% green and 72% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 16% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DACBB8?

Use black text. Black on #DACBB8 has a contrast ratio of 13.22:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DACBB8?

Its complementary colour is #B8C7DA, and analogous partners are #DABAB8 and #D8DAB8.