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#DED0BD

Oat · very light warm orange

About #DED0BD

#DED0BD 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, 6% magenta, 15% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is virtually identical to Oat (ΔE 1.3), with Bone the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BDCBDE (light blue), 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 — 13.86:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red222
Green208
Blue189

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 1.3
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 3.9
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 8.7

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

Text on #DED0BD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DED0BD.
1.51:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DED0BD.
13.86:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DED0BD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DED0BD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D6D0BC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9D3BD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E4CCCB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DED0BD?

#DED0BD 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, 6% magenta, 15% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DED0BD?

Use black text. Black on #DED0BD has a contrast ratio of 13.86:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DED0BD?

Its complementary colour is #BDCBDE, and analogous partners are #DEC0BD and #DCDEBD.