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#DFCDBC

Oat · very light warm orange

About #DFCDBC

#DFCDBC is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 80% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 16% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Oat (ΔE 3.2), with Bone the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BCCEDF (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 13.60:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red223
Green205
Blue188

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 3.2
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.2
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 9.7

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

Text on #DFCDBC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DFCDBC.
1.54:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DFCDBC.
13.60:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DFCDBC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D3CEBB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7D2BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E6C9C8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFCDBC?

#DFCDBC is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 80% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 16% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DFCDBC?

Use black text. Black on #DFCDBC has a contrast ratio of 13.60:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFCDBC?

Its complementary colour is #BCCEDF, and analogous partners are #DFBCBD and #DFDFBC.