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#DBCEBD

Oat · very light warm orange

About #DBCEBD

#DBCEBD is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 81% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 14% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Oat (ΔE 2.3); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BDCADB — a light blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DBCEBD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.58:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red219
Green206
Blue189

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 2.3
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.3
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 9.8

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

Text on #DBCEBD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DBCEBD.
1.55:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DBCEBD.
13.58:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DBCEBD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D3CEBC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D6D1BD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E1CBC9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DBCEBD?

#DBCEBD is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 81% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 14% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DBCEBD?

Use black text. Black on #DBCEBD has a contrast ratio of 13.58:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DBCEBD?

Its complementary colour is #BDCADB, and analogous partners are #DBBFBD and #D9DBBD.