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#DFDABC

Oat · very light warm yellow

About #DFDABC

#DFDABC is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 85% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 16% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Oat (ΔE 6.0); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BCC1DF — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DFDABC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.89:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red223
Green218
Blue188

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 6.0
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.9
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 7.4

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

Text on #DFDABC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DFDABC.
1.41:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DFDABC.
14.89:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DFDABC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E0D8BA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2DABD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E5D6D2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFDABC?

#DFDABC is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 85% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 16% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DFDABC?

Use black text. Black on #DFDABC has a contrast ratio of 14.89:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFDABC?

Its complementary colour is #BCC1DF, and analogous partners are #DFC9BC and #D3DFBC.