ColorXprez

#DEDBBE

Oat · very light warm yellow

About #DEDBBE

#DEDBBE is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 86% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 14% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Oat (ΔE 6.0), with Bone the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BEC1DE (thistle), 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 14.98:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red222
Green219
Blue190

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 6.0
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.6
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 7.5

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

Text on #DEDBBE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DEDBBE.
1.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DEDBBE.
14.98:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DEDBBE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E1D9BC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2DBBF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E3D7D3

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DEDBBE?

#DEDBBE is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 86% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 14% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DEDBBE?

Use black text. Black on #DEDBBE has a contrast ratio of 14.98:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DEDBBE?

Its complementary colour is #BEC1DE, and analogous partners are #DECBBE and #D1DEBE.