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#DFD7BC

Oat · very light warm yellow

About #DFD7BC

#DFD7BC is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 84% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 16% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Oat (ΔE 4.0); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BCC4DF — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DFD7BC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.58:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red223
Green215
Blue188

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.0
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.4
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 7.1

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

Text on #DFD7BC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DFD7BC.
1.44:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DFD7BC.
14.58:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DFD7BC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DFD7BC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DDD5BA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DFD8BD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E5D3CF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFD7BC?

#DFD7BC is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 84% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 16% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DFD7BC?

Use black text. Black on #DFD7BC has a contrast ratio of 14.58:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFD7BC?

Its complementary colour is #BCC4DF, and analogous partners are #DFC6BC and #D6DFBC.