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#DFD1B8

Oat · very light warm orange

About #DFD1B8

#DFD1B8 is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 82% green and 72% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 17% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is virtually identical to Oat (ΔE 2.8), with Bone the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #B8C6DF (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 13.95:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red223
Green209
Blue184

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 2.8
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.6
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 8.0

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

Text on #DFD1B8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DFD1B8.
1.51:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DFD1B8.
13.95:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DFD1B8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DFD1B8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D8D0B7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DBD4B9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E6CCCA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFD1B8?

#DFD1B8 is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 82% green and 72% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 17% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DFD1B8?

Use black text. Black on #DFD1B8 has a contrast ratio of 13.95:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFD1B8?

Its complementary colour is #B8C6DF, and analogous partners are #DFBEB8 and #DADFB8.