ColorXprez

#DDD1BC

Oat · very light warm orange

About #DDD1BC

With the hex code #DDD1BC, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 82% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 15% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is virtually identical to Oat — a ΔE of 0.9 — followed by Bone. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BCC8DD, a light blue shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.92:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red221
Green209
Blue188

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 0.9
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 3.9
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 8.4

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

Text on #DDD1BC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DDD1BC.
1.51:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DDD1BC.
13.92:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DDD1BC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DDD1BC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D7D0BB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DAD4BD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E3CDCB

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DDD1BC?

With the hex code #DDD1BC, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 82% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 15% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #DDD1BC?

Use black text. Black on #DDD1BC has a contrast ratio of 13.92:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DDD1BC?

Its complementary colour is #BCC8DD, and analogous partners are #DDC1BC and #D9DDBC.