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#DFCBBC

Oat · very light warm orange

About #DFCBBC

#DFCBBC is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 80% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 16% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Oat (ΔE 4.5); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BCD0DF — a light blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DFCBBC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.41:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red223
Green203
Blue188

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.5
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.2
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 10.7

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

Text on #DFCBBC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DFCBBC.
1.57:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DFCBBC.
13.41:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DFCBBC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D1CCBB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D6D0BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E6C7C7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFCBBC?

#DFCBBC is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 80% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 16% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DFCBBC?

Use black text. Black on #DFCBBC has a contrast ratio of 13.41:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFCBBC?

Its complementary colour is #BCD0DF, and analogous partners are #DFBCBF and #DFDCBC.