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#DBCEBB

Oat · very light warm orange

About #DBCEBB

With the hex code #DBCEBB, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 86% red, 81% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 15% yellow and 14% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is virtually identical to Oat — a ΔE of 1.8 — followed by Bone. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BBC8DB, a light blue shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.56:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red219
Green206
Blue187

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 1.8
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.5
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 9.5

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

Text on #DBCEBB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DBCEBB.
1.55:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DBCEBB.
13.56:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DBCEBB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D4CEBA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7D1BB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E1CAC9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DBCEBB?

With the hex code #DBCEBB, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 86% red, 81% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 15% yellow and 14% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #DBCEBB?

Use black text. Black on #DBCEBB has a contrast ratio of 13.56:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DBCEBB?

Its complementary colour is #BBC8DB, and analogous partners are #DBBEBB and #D8DBBB.