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#DFDCBC

Oat · very light warm yellow

About #DFDCBC

#DFDCBC is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 86% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 16% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Oat (ΔE 7.3), with Champagne the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BCBFDF (thistle), 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 15.10:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red223
Green220
Blue188

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.3
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 7.9
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 8.0

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

Text on #DFDCBC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DFDCBC.
1.39:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DFDCBC.
15.10:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DFDCBC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E2D9BA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E4DBBD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E5D7D3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFDCBC?

#DFDCBC is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 86% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 16% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DFDCBC?

Use black text. Black on #DFDCBC has a contrast ratio of 15.10:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFDCBC?

Its complementary colour is #BCBFDF, and analogous partners are #DFCBBC and #D1DFBC.