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#DFCBB8

Oat · very light warm orange

About #DFCBB8

#DFCBB8 is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 80% green and 72% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 17% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Oat (ΔE 3.8), with Bone the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #B8CCDF (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 13.37:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red223
Green203
Blue184

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 3.8
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.4
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 10.0

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

Text on #DFCBB8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DFCBB8.
1.57:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DFCBB8.
13.37:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DFCBB8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DFCBB8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D2CCB7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D6D0B8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E6C7C6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFCBB8?

#DFCBB8 is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 80% green and 72% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 17% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DFCBB8?

Use black text. Black on #DFCBB8 has a contrast ratio of 13.37:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFCBB8?

Its complementary colour is #B8CCDF, and analogous partners are #DFB8B9 and #DFDFB8.