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#CBBDA9

Greige · light warm orange

About #CBBDA9

With the hex code #CBBDA9, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 74% green and 66% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 17% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Greige — a ΔE of 7.1 — followed by Oat. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #A9B7CB, 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 — 11.39:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red203
Green189
Blue169

Closest named colours

Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 7.1
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.8
Khaki
#C3B091 · ΔE 7.9

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

Text on #CBBDA9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on greige #CBBDA9.
1.84:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on greige #CBBDA9.
11.39:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CBBDA9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CBBDA9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C3BDA8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C6C0A9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D1B9B7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBBDA9?

With the hex code #CBBDA9, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 74% green and 66% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 17% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CBBDA9?

Use black text. Black on #CBBDA9 has a contrast ratio of 11.39:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBBDA9?

Its complementary colour is #A9B7CB, and analogous partners are #CBACA9 and #C8CBA9.