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#DFD0BC

Oat · very light warm orange

About #DFD0BC

#DFD0BC is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 82% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 16% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is virtually identical to Oat (ΔE 1.4), with Bone the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BCCBDF (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 13.89:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red223
Green208
Blue188

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 1.4
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.3
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 8.5

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

Text on #DFD0BC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DFD0BC.
1.51:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DFD0BC.
13.89:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DFD0BC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DFD0BC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D6D0BB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DAD3BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E6CCCA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFD0BC?

#DFD0BC is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 82% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 16% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DFD0BC?

Use black text. Black on #DFD0BC has a contrast ratio of 13.89:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFD0BC?

Its complementary colour is #BCCBDF, and analogous partners are #DFBFBC and #DDDFBC.