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#DDCFBC

Oat · very light warm orange

About #DDCFBC

#DDCFBC is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 81% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 15% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is virtually identical to Oat (ΔE 1.5), with Bone the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BCCADD (light blue), 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 13.73:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red221
Green207
Blue188

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 1.5
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.2
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 9.0

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

Text on #DDCFBC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DDCFBC.
1.53:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DDCFBC.
13.73:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DDCFBC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D5CFBB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D8D2BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E3CBCA

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Triadic

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Tetradic

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DDCFBC?

#DDCFBC is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 81% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 15% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DDCFBC?

Use black text. Black on #DDCFBC has a contrast ratio of 13.73:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DDCFBC?

Its complementary colour is #BCCADD, and analogous partners are #DDBFBC and #DBDDBC.