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#DDCFC3

Oat · very light warm orange

About #DDCFC3

#DDCFC3 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 81% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 12% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Oat (ΔE 4.3); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C3D1DD — a light gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DDCFC3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.79:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red221
Green207
Blue195

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.3
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.6
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 8.2

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

Text on #DDCFC3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DDCFC3.
1.52:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DDCFC3.
13.79:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DDCFC3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DDCFC3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D4D0C2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7D3C3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E2CCCC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DDCFC3?

#DDCFC3 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 81% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 12% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DDCFC3?

Use black text. Black on #DDCFC3 has a contrast ratio of 13.79:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DDCFC3?

Its complementary colour is #C3D1DD, and analogous partners are #DDC3C4 and #DDDCC3.