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#DFD3C3

Oat · very light warm orange

About #DFD3C3

#DFD3C3 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 83% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 13% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Oat (ΔE 2.1); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C3CFDF — a light gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DFD3C3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.24:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red223
Green211
Blue195

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 2.1
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 2.6
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 8.1

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

Text on #DFD3C3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DFD3C3.
1.47:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DFD3C3.
14.24:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DFD3C3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DFD3C3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D8D3C2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DBD6C3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E4D0CE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFD3C3?

#DFD3C3 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 83% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 13% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DFD3C3?

Use black text. Black on #DFD3C3 has a contrast ratio of 14.24:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFD3C3?

Its complementary colour is #C3CFDF, and analogous partners are #DFC5C3 and #DDDFC3.