ColorXprez

#DDDBC5

Bone · very light warm yellow

About #DDDBC5

#DDDBC5 is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 86% green and 77% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 11% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Bone (ΔE 3.7), with Oat the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C5C7DD (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.01:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red221
Green219
Blue197

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 3.7
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.4
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 5.9

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

Text on #DDDBC5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #DDDBC5.
1.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #DDDBC5.
15.01:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DDDBC5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DDDBC5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DFD9C4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0DBC6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E1D8D5

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DDDBC5?

#DDDBC5 is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 86% green and 77% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 11% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DDDBC5?

Use black text. Black on #DDDBC5 has a contrast ratio of 15.01:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DDDBC5?

Its complementary colour is #C5C7DD, and analogous partners are #DDCFC5 and #D3DDC5.