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#DFC6BC

Oat · light warm orange

About #DFC6BC

With the hex code #DFC6BC, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 78% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 16% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Oat — a ΔE of 7.8 — followed by Bone. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BCD5DF, a light blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 12.94:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red223
Green198
Blue188

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.8
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 9.0
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 10.8

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

Text on #DFC6BC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DFC6BC.
1.62:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DFC6BC.
12.94:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DFC6BC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DFC6BC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CCC8BB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D2CDBC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E6C2C3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFC6BC?

With the hex code #DFC6BC, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 78% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 16% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #DFC6BC?

Use black text. Black on #DFC6BC has a contrast ratio of 12.94:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFC6BC?

Its complementary colour is #BCD5DF, and analogous partners are #DFBCC4 and #DFD7BC.