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#CDBAAD

Greige · light warm orange

About #CDBAAD

With the hex code #CDBAAD, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 73% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 16% 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 6.2 — followed by Oat. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ADC0CD, a silver shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.22:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green186
Blue173

Closest named colours

Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 6.2
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 9.4
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 10.2

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

Text on #CDBAAD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on greige #CDBAAD.
1.87:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on greige #CDBAAD.
11.22:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CDBAAD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C0BBAC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C4BFAD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D3B7B6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDBAAD?

With the hex code #CDBAAD, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 73% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 16% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CDBAAD?

Use black text. Black on #CDBAAD has a contrast ratio of 11.22:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDBAAD?

Its complementary colour is #ADC0CD, and analogous partners are #CDADB0 and #CDCAAD.