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#DBD1BA

Oat · very light warm orange

About #DBD1BA

#DBD1BA is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 82% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 15% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Oat (ΔE 2.0); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BAC4DB — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DBD1BA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.84:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red219
Green209
Blue186

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 2.0
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.6
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 8.6

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

Text on #DBD1BA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DBD1BA.
1.52:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DBD1BA.
13.84:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DBD1BA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DBD1BA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D7D0B9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9D3BB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E1CDCA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DBD1BA?

#DBD1BA is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 82% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 15% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DBD1BA?

Use black text. Black on #DBD1BA has a contrast ratio of 13.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DBD1BA?

Its complementary colour is #BAC4DB, and analogous partners are #DBC1BA and #D5DBBA.