#DDCDB9
Oat · very light warm orange
About #DDCDB9
#DDCDB9 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 80% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 16% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.
Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Oat (ΔE 2.4); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B9C9DD — a light blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #DDCDB9 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.51:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #DDCDB9
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #DDCDB9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #DDCDB9?
#DDCDB9 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 80% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 16% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.
›What text colour should I use on #DDCDB9?
Use black text. Black on #DDCDB9 has a contrast ratio of 13.51:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #DDCDB9?
Its complementary colour is #B9C9DD, and analogous partners are #DDBBB9 and #DBDDB9.