ColorXprez

#CCB8A8

Greige · light warm orange

About #CCB8A8

#CCB8A8 is a light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 72% green and 66% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 18% yellow and 20% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Greige (ΔE 6.4), with Khaki the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #A8BCCC (dusty blue), its complementary partner.

Because it is light, it is most useful for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.99:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red204
Green184
Blue168

Closest named colours

Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 6.4
Khaki
#C3B091 · ΔE 8.7
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 9.7

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

Text on #CCB8A8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on greige #CCB8A8.
1.91:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on greige #CCB8A8.
10.99:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCB8A8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCB8A8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BEB9A7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C3BDA8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D3B4B3

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCB8A8?

#CCB8A8 is a light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 72% green and 66% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 18% yellow and 20% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #CCB8A8?

Use black text. Black on #CCB8A8 has a contrast ratio of 10.99:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCB8A8?

Its complementary colour is #A8BCCC, and analogous partners are #CCA8AA and #CCCAA8.