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#DADBBC

Oat · very light warm yellow

About #DADBBC

#DADBBC is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 85% red, 86% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 14% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Oat (ΔE 7.6), with Bone the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BDBCDB (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.84:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red218
Green219
Blue188

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.6
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 8.2
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 8.8

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

Text on #DADBBC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DADBBC.
1.42:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DADBBC.
14.84:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DADBBC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E1D8BA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E1D9BD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DFD7D2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DADBBC?

#DADBBC is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 85% red, 86% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 14% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DADBBC?

Use black text. Black on #DADBBC has a contrast ratio of 14.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DADBBC?

Its complementary colour is #BDBCDB, and analogous partners are #DBCDBC and #CBDBBC.