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#C8BFA7

Khaki · light warm orange

About #C8BFA7

With the hex code #C8BFA7, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 75% green and 65% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 16% yellow and 22% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Khaki — a ΔE of 7.6 — followed by Oat. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #A7B0C8, 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 — 11.47:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red200
Green191
Blue167

Closest named colours

Khaki
#C3B091 · ΔE 7.6
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.9
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 8.2

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

Text on #C8BFA7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on khaki #C8BFA7.
1.83:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on khaki #C8BFA7.
11.47:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C8BFA7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C8BFA7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C5BEA6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C7C1A8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CEBBB8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C8BFA7?

With the hex code #C8BFA7, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 75% green and 65% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 16% yellow and 22% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #C8BFA7?

Use black text. Black on #C8BFA7 has a contrast ratio of 11.47:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C8BFA7?

Its complementary colour is #A7B0C8, and analogous partners are #C8AEA7 and #C0C8A7.