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#C8BEAB

Greige · light warm orange

About #C8BEAB

With the hex code #C8BEAB, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 75% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 15% yellow and 22% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Greige — a ΔE of 6.5 — followed by Oat. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ABB5C8, a dusty blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.41:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red200
Green190
Blue171

Closest named colours

Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 6.5
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.7
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 8.9

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

Text on #C8BEAB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on greige #C8BEAB.
1.84:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on greige #C8BEAB.
11.41:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C8BEAB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C8BEAB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C3BDAA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C6C0AB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CDBBB9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C8BEAB?

With the hex code #C8BEAB, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 75% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 15% yellow and 22% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #C8BEAB?

Use black text. Black on #C8BEAB has a contrast ratio of 11.41:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C8BEAB?

Its complementary colour is #ABB5C8, and analogous partners are #C8AFAB and #C3C8AB.