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#DAD0BC

Oat · very light warm orange

About #DAD0BC

#DAD0BC is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 82% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 14% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Oat (ΔE 1.4); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BCC6DA — a silver tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DAD0BC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.73:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red218
Green208
Blue188

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 1.4
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 3.9
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 9.0

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

Text on #DAD0BC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DAD0BC.
1.53:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DAD0BC.
13.73:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DAD0BC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DAD0BC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D5CFBB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D8D2BD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E0CCCA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAD0BC?

#DAD0BC is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 82% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 14% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DAD0BC?

Use black text. Black on #DAD0BC has a contrast ratio of 13.73:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAD0BC?

Its complementary colour is #BCC6DA, and analogous partners are #DAC1BC and #D5DABC.