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#DBCFBB

Oat · very light warm orange

About #DBCFBB

#DBCFBB is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 86% red, 81% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 15% yellow and 14% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is virtually identical to Oat (ΔE 1.4), with Bone the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BBC7DB (light blue), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.65:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red219
Green207
Blue187

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 1.4
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.3
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 9.1

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

Text on #DBCFBB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DBCFBB.
1.54:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DBCFBB.
13.65:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DBCFBB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D5CFBA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D8D2BB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E1CBC9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DBCFBB?

#DBCFBB is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 86% red, 81% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 15% yellow and 14% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DBCFBB?

Use black text. Black on #DBCFBB has a contrast ratio of 13.65:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DBCFBB?

Its complementary colour is #BBC7DB, and analogous partners are #DBBFBB and #D7DBBB.