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#DBD2B6

Oat · very light warm yellow

About #DBD2B6

#DBD2B6 is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 82% green and 71% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 17% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Oat (ΔE 4.4); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B6BFDB — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DBD2B6 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.91:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red219
Green210
Blue182

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.4
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.6
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 8.6

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

Text on #DBD2B6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DBD2B6.
1.51:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DBD2B6.
13.91:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DBD2B6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DBD2B6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D9D1B4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DBD3B7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E1CDCA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DBD2B6?

#DBD2B6 is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 82% green and 71% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 17% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DBD2B6?

Use black text. Black on #DBD2B6 has a contrast ratio of 13.91:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DBD2B6?

Its complementary colour is #B6BFDB, and analogous partners are #DBC0B6 and #D2DBB6.