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#DACEBE

Oat · very light warm orange

About #DACEBE

#DACEBE is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 81% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 13% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Oat (ΔE 2.7); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BECADA — a silver tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DACEBE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.55:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red218
Green206
Blue190

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 2.7
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.2
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.6

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

Text on #DACEBE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DACEBE.
1.55:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DACEBE.
13.55:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DACEBE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D3CEBD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D6D1BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DFCBC9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DACEBE?

#DACEBE is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 81% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 13% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DACEBE?

Use black text. Black on #DACEBE has a contrast ratio of 13.55:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DACEBE?

Its complementary colour is #BECADA, and analogous partners are #DAC0BE and #D8DABE.