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#CCCBB8

Oat · light warm yellow

About #CCCBB8

With the hex code #CCCBB8, this is a light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 80% green and 72% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Oat — a ΔE of 5.6 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B8B9CC, 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 12.80:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red204
Green203
Blue184

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 5.6
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 6.0
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.8

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

Text on #CCCBB8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #CCCBB8.
1.64:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #CCCBB8.
12.80:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCCBB8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCCBB8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CFC9B7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CFCAB9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CFC8C5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCCBB8?

With the hex code #CCCBB8, this is a light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 80% green and 72% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CCCBB8?

Use black text. Black on #CCCBB8 has a contrast ratio of 12.80:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCCBB8?

Its complementary colour is #B8B9CC, and analogous partners are #CCC1B8 and #C3CCB8.