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#DDD2BC

Oat · very light warm orange

About #DDD2BC

#DDD2BC is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 82% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 15% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is virtually identical to Oat (ΔE 1.2), with Bone the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BCC7DD (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 14.02:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red221
Green210
Blue188

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 1.2
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.0
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 8.1

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

Text on #DDD2BC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DDD2BC.
1.50:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DDD2BC.
14.02:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DDD2BC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DDD2BC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D8D1BB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DBD4BD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E3CECC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DDD2BC?

#DDD2BC is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 82% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 15% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DDD2BC?

Use black text. Black on #DDD2BC has a contrast ratio of 14.02:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DDD2BC?

Its complementary colour is #BCC7DD, and analogous partners are #DDC2BC and #D8DDBC.