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#DCCCBE

Oat · very light warm orange

About #DCCCBE

#DCCCBE is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 80% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 14% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Oat (ΔE 4.0); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BECEDC — a light blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DCCCBE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.42:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red220
Green204
Blue190

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.0
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.3
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.7

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

Text on #DCCCBE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DCCCBE.
1.56:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DCCCBE.
13.42:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DCCCBE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D1CDBD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5D0BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E2C9C8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DCCCBE?

#DCCCBE is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 80% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 14% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DCCCBE?

Use black text. Black on #DCCCBE has a contrast ratio of 13.42:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DCCCBE?

Its complementary colour is #BECEDC, and analogous partners are #DCBEBF and #DCDBBE.