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#CDBEAC

Greige · light warm orange

About #CDBEAC

With the hex code #CDBEAC, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 75% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 7% 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 7.0 — followed by Oat. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ACBBCD, a dusty blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.56:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red205
Green190
Blue172

Closest named colours

Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 7.0
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.4
Khaki
#C3B091 · ΔE 9.0

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

Text on #CDBEAC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on greige #CDBEAC.
1.82:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on greige #CDBEAC.
11.56:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CDBEAC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C4BEAB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C7C2AC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D3BAB9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDBEAC?

With the hex code #CDBEAC, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 75% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 16% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CDBEAC?

Use black text. Black on #CDBEAC has a contrast ratio of 11.56:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDBEAC?

Its complementary colour is #ACBBCD, and analogous partners are #CDAEAC and #CBCDAC.