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#C4BCAE

Greige · light warm orange

About #C4BCAE

With the hex code #C4BCAE, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 77% red, 74% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 11% yellow and 23% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Greige — a ΔE of 4.8 — followed by Silver. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #AEB6C4, a silver shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.15:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red196
Green188
Blue174

Closest named colours

Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 4.8
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 8.2
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 9.1

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

Text on #C4BCAE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on greige #C4BCAE.
1.88:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on greige #C4BCAE.
11.15:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C4BCAE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C4BCAE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C0BCAD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C2BEAE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C8B9B8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C4BCAE?

With the hex code #C4BCAE, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 77% red, 74% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 11% yellow and 23% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #C4BCAE?

Use black text. Black on #C4BCAE has a contrast ratio of 11.15:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C4BCAE?

Its complementary colour is #AEB6C4, and analogous partners are #C4B1AE and #C1C4AE.