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#DDCABF

Oat · very light warm orange

About #DDCABF

#DDCABF is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 79% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 14% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Oat (ΔE 5.8); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BFD2DD — a light blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DDCABF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.27:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red221
Green202
Blue191

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 5.8
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.8
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.5

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

Text on #DDCABF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DDCABF.
1.58:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DDCABF.
13.27:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DDCABF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CFCBBE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D4CFBF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E3C7C7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DDCABF?

#DDCABF is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 79% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 14% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DDCABF?

Use black text. Black on #DDCABF has a contrast ratio of 13.27:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DDCABF?

Its complementary colour is #BFD2DD, and analogous partners are #DDBFC3 and #DDD9BF.