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#DFD2B8

Oat · very light warm orange

About #DFD2B8

#DFD2B8 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 82% green and 72% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 17% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Oat (ΔE 3.2); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B8C5DF — a light blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DFD2B8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.05:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red223
Green210
Blue184

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 3.2
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.7
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 7.8

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

Text on #DFD2B8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DFD2B8.
1.49:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DFD2B8.
14.05:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DFD2B8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DFD2B8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D9D1B6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DCD5B9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E6CDCB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFD2B8?

#DFD2B8 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 82% green and 72% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 17% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DFD2B8?

Use black text. Black on #DFD2B8 has a contrast ratio of 14.05:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFD2B8?

Its complementary colour is #B8C5DF, and analogous partners are #DFBFB8 and #D9DFB8.