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#DBD3BA

Oat · very light warm yellow

About #DBD3BA

#DBD3BA is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 86% red, 83% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 15% yellow and 14% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Oat (ΔE 3.0), with Bone the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BAC2DB (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.04:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red219
Green211
Blue186

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 3.0
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.0
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 8.3

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

Text on #DBD3BA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DBD3BA.
1.50:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DBD3BA.
14.04:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DBD3BA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DBD3BA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D9D2B9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DBD4BB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E1CFCC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DBD3BA?

#DBD3BA is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 86% red, 83% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 15% yellow and 14% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DBD3BA?

Use black text. Black on #DBD3BA has a contrast ratio of 14.04:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DBD3BA?

Its complementary colour is #BAC2DB, and analogous partners are #DBC2BA and #D3DBBA.