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#DDCABC

Oat · very light warm orange

About #DDCABC

#DDCABC is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 79% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 15% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Oat (ΔE 4.8); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BCCFDD — a light blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DDCABC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.25:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red221
Green202
Blue188

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.8
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.3
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.5

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

Text on #DDCABC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DDCABC.
1.59:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DDCABC.
13.25:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DDCABC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D0CBBB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D4CFBC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E4C6C6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DDCABC?

#DDCABC is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 79% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 15% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DDCABC?

Use black text. Black on #DDCABC has a contrast ratio of 13.25:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DDCABC?

Its complementary colour is #BCCFDD, and analogous partners are #DDBCBF and #DDDBBC.